Biology:Undulated antshrike

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Short description: Species of bird

Undulated antshrike
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Frederickena
Species:
F. unduliger
Binomial name
Frederickena unduliger
(Pelzeln, 1868)
Frederickena unduliger map.svg

The undulated antshrike (Frederickena unduliger) is a relatively large species of antbird from the western Amazon in south-eastern Peru, western Brazil , and possibly far south-eastern Colombia. It formerly included the fulvous antshrike, which is found further west, as a subspecies.

The undulated antshrike was described by the Austrian ornithologist August von Pelzeln in 1868 and given the binomial name Thamnophilus unduliger.[2]

References

  • Isler, Isler, Whitney, Zimmer & Whittaker (2009). Species limits in antbirds (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae): an evaluation of Frederickena unduligera (Undulated Antshrike) based on vocalizations. Zootaxa 2305: 61-68
  • Zimmer, K. J. (2010). Split Frederickena unduligera into two species. SACC. Accessed 10 May 2011

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1273997 entry