Band-tailed Antshrike
Thamnophilus melanothoraxSclater, PL, 1857
English (US) Band-tailed Antshrike
The Band-tailed Antshrike (Thamnophilus melanothorax) 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: Suriname, French Guiana, and northeastern Amazonian BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Thamnophilus melanothorax
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Band-tailed Antshrike
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1857
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1857
- Type locality
- South America; Cayenne designated as type locality by Berlepsch, Nov. Zool, 15, 1908, p. 161.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.25, no.335 p.133
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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