Grey-bellied antbird
| Grey-bellied antbird | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Ammonastes Bravo, Isler, ML & Brumfield, 2013 |
| Species: | A. pelzelni
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| Binomial name | |
| Ammonastes pelzelni (Sclater, PL, 1890)
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Myrmeciza pelzelni | |
The grey-bellied antbird (Ammonastes pelzelni) is a species of passerine bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in the northwestern Amazon Basin. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
The grey-bellied antbird was originally described by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1890 and given the binomial name Myrmeciza pelzelni.[2] The specific epithet was chosen to honour the Austrian ornithologist August von Pelzeln (1825–1891).[3] A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that the genus Myrmeciza was polyphyletic.[4] In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera the grey-bellied antbird was moved to its own genus Ammonastes.[5] The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek words ammos "sand" and nastes "inhabitant" as the grey-bellied antbird occurs in vegetation growing on sandy soil.[4]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ammonastes pelzelni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22701823A93850351. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22701823A93850351.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Sclater, Philip (1890). Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 15. London: British Museum. pp. 278, 283.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 296. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ a b Isler, M.L.; Bravo, G.A.; Brumfield, R.T. (2013). "Taxonomic revision of Myrmeciza (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae) into 12 genera based on phylogenetic, morphological, behavioral, and ecological data" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3717 (4): 469–497. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3717.4.3. PMID 26176119.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
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