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The Bicoloured Antbird is an obligate ant-follower.

The ant-follower is a bird which feeds by following army ants. They take the prey that the ants have. The best known ant-followers are 18 species of antbird in the family Thamnophilidae, but there are other families as well, such as cuckoos.

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