Biology:Black antshrike

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Short description: Species of bird

Black antshrike
Black Antshrike - Darién - Panama (48444523842).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Thamnophilus
Species:
T. nigriceps
Binomial name
Thamnophilus nigriceps
Sclater, PL, 1869
Thamnophilus nigriceps map.svg

The black antshrike (Thamnophilus nigriceps) is a species of insectivorous bird in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Colombia and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

The black antshrike was described by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1869 and given its current binomial name Thamnophilus nigriceps.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Thamnophilus nigriceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22701296A93822262. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22701296A93822262.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22701296/93822262. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. Sclater, Philip L. (1868). "Descriptions of some new or little-know species of Formicarians". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (3): 571–575 [571]. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28665138.  The volume is dated 1868 but the issue was published in the following year.

Wikidata ☰ Q247928 entry