Pectoral antwren
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Herpsilochmus |
| Species: | H. pectoralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Herpsilochmus pectoralis Sclater, 1857
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The pectoral antwren (Herpsilochmus pectoralis) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is endemic to north east Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is locally common within its range, but has a highly fragmented distribution. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The pectoral antwren was originally described by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1857 and given its current binomial name Herpsilochmus pectoralis.[2]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Herpsilochmus pectoralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ Sclater, Philip Lutley (1857). "Descriptions of twelve new or little-known species of the South American family Formicariidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 25: 129–133 [132].
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