White-bellied spinetail
The white-bellied spinetail (Mazaria propinqua) is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in river islands of the western Amazon Basin. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Genus: | Mazaria Claramunt, 2014 |
| Species: | M. propinqua |
| Binomial name | |
| Mazaria propinqua (Pelzeln, 1859) | |
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Synallaxis propinqua | |
This species was originally placed in the genus Synallaxis but when molecular phylogenetic studies found that it was not closely related to the other members of the genus it was moved to its own monotypic genus Mazaria.[2][3]
References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Mazaria propinqua". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T22702341A93870121. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22702341A93870121.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- Claramunt, Santiago (2014). "Phylogenetic relationships among Synallaxini spinetails (Aves: Furnariidae) reveal a new biogeographic pattern across the Amazon and Paraná river basins". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 78: 223–231. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.05.011.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
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