Biology:Amazonian antshrike
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Thamnophilus |
| Species: | T. amazonicus
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| Thamnophilus amazonicus Sclater, PL, 1858
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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.
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
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Thamnophilus amazonicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22701335A93824448. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22701335A93824448.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22701335/93824448. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1858.tb06365.x. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32271728.
External links
- "Amazonian antshrike media". Internet Bird Collection. http://www.hbw.com/ibc/species/amazonian-antshrike-thamnophilus-amazonicus.
- Amazonian antshrike photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res
Wikidata ☰ Q1268649 entry
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