Slaty Bristlefront
Merulaxis aterLesson, RP, 1831
English (US) Slaty Bristlefront
The Slaty Bristlefront (Merulaxis ater) 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 Rhinocryptidae (Tapaculos) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southeastern Brazil (southern Bahia and EspĂrito Santo to eastern Paraná and Santa Catarina)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Merulaxis ater
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Slaty Bristlefront
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1831
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1831
- Type locality
- Mexico; error, Rio de Janeiro substituted by Hellmayr, 1924.
- Original description
- Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux livr.5 p.397
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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