Biology:Jet antbird

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Short description: Species of bird

Jet antbird
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Cercomacra
Species:
C. nigricans
Binomial name
Cercomacra nigricans
Sclater, PL, 1858
Cercomacra nigricans map.svg

The jet antbird (Cercomacra nigricans) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Panama and western Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The jet antbird was described by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1858 and given its current binomial name Cercomacra nigricans.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1262262 entry