Dot-backed Antbird
Hylophylax punctulatus(des Murs, MAPO, 1856)
English (US) Dot-backed Antbird
The Dot-backed Antbird (Hylophylax punctulatus) 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 southern Venezuela, northern Bolivia, and Amazonian BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hylophylax punctulatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Dot-backed Antbird
- Described by
- (des Murs, MAPO, 1856)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Rhopotera punctulata
- Described by
- (des Murs, MAPO, 1856)
- Type locality
- 'Haut Amazone'; Pebas, north bank of the Maranon, Peru, suggested by Hellmayr, 1924, p. 311.
- Original description
- Expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud de Rio de Janeiro à Lima et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du Gouvernement français pendant les années 1843 à 1847. Septième partie. Zoologie. Vol. 1. Animaux nouveaux ou rares recueillis pendant l'expédition (etc.). Oiseaux 1 Ois. p.53
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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