Amazonian antshrike

The Amazonian antshrike (Thamnophilus amazonicus) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae, the antbirds. It occurs in the Amazon Basin of Brazil, and east to Maranhão state; also Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. It is in the Guianas in Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, also two regions of Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps.

Amazonian antshrike
female at Apiacás, Mato Grosso state, Brazil
male at Apiacás, Mato Grosso state, Brazil

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Thamnophilus
Species:
T. amazonicus
Binomial name
Thamnophilus amazonicus
Sclater, 1858

The Amazonian antshrike is found in the entire Amazon Basin and the Guianas, minus a small region in southwestern Venezuela and Roraima state Brazil in the northwest section of the Basin.

The Amazonian antshrike was described and illustrated by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1858 and given its current binomial name Thamnophilus amazonicus.[2]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Thamnophilus amazonicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Sclater, Philip L. (1858). "Synopsis of the American ant-birds (Formicariidae)". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 26: 202–224 [214] Plate 139 figs. 1, 2.



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