Black-backed Antshrike
Thamnophilus melanonotusSclater, PL, 1855
English (US) Black-backed Antshrike
The Black-backed Antshrike (Thamnophilus melanonotus) 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: Caribbean slope of northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela (east to Miranda)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Thamnophilus melanonotus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-backed Antshrike
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1855
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1855
- Type locality
- Santa Marta, Colombia.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.23, no.285 p.19 pl.80
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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