Rufous-backed antvireo | |
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Male at Campos do Jordão, São Paulo State, Brazil | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: | Dysithamnus |
Species: | D. xanthopterus |
Binomial name | |
Dysithamnus xanthopterus Burmeister, 1856 | |
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