Riparian antbird

The riparian antbird (Cercomacroides fuscicauda) is a species of passerine bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in southern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia and southwestern Amazonian Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and adjacent thickets on sandbars and riverbanks.

Riparian antbird
female at Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Cercomacroides
Species:
C. fuscicauda
Binomial name
Cercomacroides fuscicauda
(Zimmmer, JT, 1931)
Synonyms

Cercomacra fuscicauda

The riparian antbird used to be considered conspecific with the blackish antbird but the two taxa were split based their different vocalization.[2][3][4] The riparian antbird was formerly included in the genus Cercomacra. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Cercomacra, as then defined, was polyphyletic. The genus was split to create two monophyletic genera and six species including the riparian antbird were moved to the newly erected genus Cercomacroides.[5][4]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Cercomacroides fuscicauda". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017: e.T103658612A112356381. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103658612A112356381.en.
  2. Mayer, S.; Coopmans, P.; Krabbe, N.; Isler, M.L. (2014). "Vocal evidence for species rank to Cercomacra nigrescens fuscicauda J. T. Zimmer" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 134: 145–154.
  3. "Proposal (636) Split Cercomacra fuscicauda from Cercomacra nigrescens". South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society. 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  5. Tello, J.G.; Raposo, M.; Bates, J.M.; Bravo, G.A.; Cadena, C.D.; Maldonado-Coelho, M (2014). "Reassessment of the systematics of the widespread Neotropical genus Cercomacra (Aves: Thamnophilidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 170 (3): 546–565. doi:10.1111/zoj.12116.
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