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Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird

Sciaphylax hemimelaena(Sclater, PL, 1857)

English (US) Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird

The Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (Sciaphylax hemimelaena) 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.

Scientific name
Sciaphylax hemimelaena
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird
Described by
(Sclater, PL, 1857)

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Recognised subspecies

The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.

Taxonomic history

First described as
Myrmeciza hemimelaena
Described by
(Sclater, PL, 1857)
Type locality
Bolivia; restricted to Mapiri, La Paz, by Gyldenstolpe, K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl, 23, 1945, no. 1, p. 179.
Original description
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.25, no.329 p.48

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 239 species of the family Thamnophilidae