Band-tailed antshrike
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| Species: | T. melanothorax
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| Thamnophilus melanothorax (Sclater, 1857)
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Sakesphorus melanothorax | |
The band-tailed antshrike (Thamnophilus melanothorax) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in the eastern Guianas of Suriname and French Guiana mostly; also Brazil, Guyana, and Atlantic regions of the Amazon Basin, and some local regions upstream on the Amazon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps. It has recently been proposed that it more properly belongs to the genus Thamnophilus (Brumfield et al., 2007).
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Thamnophilus melanothorax. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
- Brumfield, R. T., and S. V. Edwards. 2007. Evolution into and out of the Andes: a Bayesian analysis of historical diversification in Thamnophilus antshrikes. Evolution 61:346-367.
External links
- Photo-Low Res; Article birdtours.co.uk
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