Black Antshrike
Thamnophilus nigricepsSclater, PL, 1869
English (US) Black Antshrike
The Black Antshrike (Thamnophilus nigriceps) 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: tropical eastern Panama (Darién) and northern ColombiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Thamnophilus nigriceps
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black Antshrike
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1869
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1869
- Type locality
- Bogota, error = Barranquilla (P) 1
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868, pt.3 p.571
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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