Yellow-browed antbird

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Yellow-browed antbird
Hypocnemis hypoxantha - Yellow-browed antbird, Manacapuru, Amazonas, Brazil.jpg
at Manacapuru, Amazonas state, Brazil.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Hypocnemis
Species:
H. hypoxantha
Binomial name
Hypocnemis hypoxantha
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The yellow-browed antbird (Hypocnemis hypoxantha) is a species of bird in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The yellow-browed antbird was described by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1869 and given its current binomial name Hypocnemis hypoxantha. [2] The specific epithet combines the Ancient Greek hupo meaning "beneath" and xanthos meaning "yellow". [3]

Two subspecies are recognised: [4]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Hypocnemis hypoxantha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T22701734A110864280. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22701734A110864280.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Sclater, Philip L. (1868). "Descriptions of some new or little-know species of Formicarians". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (3): 571–575 [573]. The volume is dated 1868 but the issue was published in the following year.
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 200. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Antbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

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