Mato Grosso Antbird
Cercomacra melanaria(Ménétries, É, 1835)
English (US) Mato Grosso Antbird
The Mato Grosso Antbird (Cercomacra melanaria) 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: eastern Bolivia to south-central Brazil (Mato Grosso) and northern ParaguayRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cercomacra melanaria
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Mato Grosso Antbird
- Described by
- (Ménétries, É, 1835)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Formicivora melanaria
- Described by
- (Ménétries, É, 1835)
- Type locality
- Minas Gerais; error = Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, by designation of Hellmayr, 1924, p. 224.
- Original description
- Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg (6), 1 p.500 pl.7,9 fig.c,2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Bananal Antbird
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