Ant birds are generally small birds with rounded wings and strong legs. Most have heavy bills, which in many species are hooked at the tip. They have mostly sombre grey, white, brown and rufous plumage. As of April 2008, 38 species are considered by the IUCN to be near threatened or worse and therefore at risk of extinction.
Antbirds are not targeted by either hunters or the pet traders. Ant birds follow army ants as they march through the forest, but they don't usually eat them. The birds perch on trees as the army ants pass by, then they pounce on the other small animals and insects that come to feed on the ants.
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