White-shouldered Antbird
Akletos melanoceps(Spix, JB, 1825)
English (US) White-shouldered Antbird
The White-shouldered Antbird (Akletos melanoceps) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Thamnophilidae (Antbirds, Antshrikes, Antwrens, and Antvireos) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southeastern Colombia to northeastern Peru and western Amazonian BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Akletos melanoceps
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-shouldered Antbird
- Described by
- (Spix, JB, 1825)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Thamnophilus melanoceps
- Described by
- (Spix, JB, 1825)
- Type locality
- 'in Sylvis Parae'; error = Rio lea, Brazil, substituted by Hellmayr, 1924.
- Original description
- Avium species novae, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX (etc.) 2 p.28 pl.39 fig.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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