Slender Antbird
Rhopornis ardesiacus(Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831)
English (US) Slender Antbird
The Slender Antbird (Rhopornis ardesiacus) 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: highlands of eastern Brazil (southeastern Bahia and northeastern Minas Gerais)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rhopornis ardesiacus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Slender Antbird
- Described by
- (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Myiothera ardesiaca
- Described by
- (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831)
- Type locality
- southeastern Brazil; Boa Nova, Baia, suggested as type locality by Naumburg, 1934, p. 493.
- Original description
- Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte von Brasilien 3 p.1055
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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