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
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1857)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena
- Sciaphylax hemimelaena pallens
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.
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