Biology:Chestnut-crested antbird

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Short description: Species of bird

Chestnut-crested antbird
Rhegmatorhina cristata - Chestnut-crested Antbird (cropped).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Rhegmatorhina
Species:
R. cristata
Binomial name
Rhegmatorhina cristata
(Pelzeln, 1868)
Rhegmatorhina cristata map.svg

The chestnut-crested antbird (Rhegmatorhina cristata) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Brazil and Colombia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

This species is a specialist ant-follower that relies on swarms of army ants to flush insects and other arthropods out of the leaf litter.[2][3]

The chestnut-crested antbird was described by the Austrian ornithologist August von Pelzeln in 1868 and given the binomial name Pithys cristata.[4]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Rhegmatorhina cristata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22701898A93853588. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22701898A93853588.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22701898/93853588. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. Zimmer, K.; Isler, M.L. (2018). "Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. https://www.hbw.com/node/52291. 
  3. Willis, Edwin O. (1969). "On the behavior of five species of Rhegmatorhina, ant-following antbirds of the Amazon basin". Wilson Bulletin 81: 362–395. https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/wilson/v081n04/p0363-p0395.pdf. 
  4. von Pelzeln, August (1868) (in German, Latin). Zur Ornithologie Brasiliens : Resultate von Johann Natterers Reisen in den Jahren 1817 bis 1835. 2. Wien: A. Pichler's Witwe & Sohn. pp. 89, 166. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2941332. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1272977 entry