Black-backed antshrike
| Black-backed antshrike | |
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| A Black-backed Antshrike in Colombia on January 13, 2019 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Thamnophilus |
| Species: | T. melanonotus
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| Binomial name | |
| Thamnophilus melanonotus Sclater, PL, 1855
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| Synonyms | |
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Sakesphorus melanonotus | |
The black-backed antshrike (Thamnophilus melanonotus) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[1]
The black-backed antshrike was described by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1855 and given the binomial name Thamnophilus melanonotus.[2] It was subsequently placed in the genus Sakesphorus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2007 found that Sakesphorus was polyphyletic and that three species including the black-backed antshrike were embedded within a clade containing members of Thamnophilus. The black-backed antshrike was therefore moved back to its original genus.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Thamnophilus melanonotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22701263A93820576. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22701263A93820576.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Sclater, Philip L. (1855). "Characters of six new species of the genus Thamnophilus". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 23 (285): 18- [19] Plate 80.
- ^ Brumfield, R.T. (May 2007). "Proposal (278): Transfer some Sakesphorus species into Thamnophilus (Thamnophilidae)". South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
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