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Fulvous antshrike

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Fulvous antbird
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F. fulva
Binomial name
Frederickena fulva
(Zimmer, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Frederickena unduligera fulva

The fulvous antbird (Frederickena fulva) is a monotypic species of antbird from the western Amazon in eastern Ecuador, south-eastern Colombia, north-eastern Peru, and possibly extreme western Brazil. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the undulated antshrike. Only the female is overall fulvous with dark barring; the male is black with whitish barring.

References

  • Isler, Isler, Whitney, Zimmer & Whittaker (2009). Species limits in antbirds (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae): an evaluation of Frederickena unduligera (Undulated Antshrike) based on vocalizations. Zootaxa 2305: 61-68
  • Zimmer, K. J. (2010). Split Frederickena unduligera into two species. SACC. Accessed 8 May 2011