Black-backed antshrike

The black-backed antshrike (Thamnophilus melanonotus) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[1]

Black-backed antshrike

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Thamnophilus
Species:
T. melanonotus
Binomial name
Thamnophilus melanonotus
Sclater, 1855
Synonyms

Sakesphorus melanonotus

Black-backed Antshrike

The black-backed antshrike was described by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1855 and given the binomial name Thamnophilus melanonotus.[2] It was subsequently placed in the genus Sakesphorus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2007 found that Sakesphorus was polyphyletic and that three species including the black-backed antshrike were embedded within a clade containing members of Thamnophilus. The black-backed antshrike was therefore moved back to its original genus.[3][4]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Thamnophilus melanonotus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T22701263A93820576. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22701263A93820576.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. Sclater, Philip L. (1855). "Characters of six new species of the genus Thamnophilus". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 23 (285): 18- [19] Plate 80.
  3. Brumfield, R.T. (May 2007). "Proposal (278): Transfer some Sakesphorus species into Thamnophilus (Thamnophilidae)". South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 February 2018.


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