Spot-winged antbird
The spot-winged antbird (Myrmelastes leucostigma) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in humid forest in the Amazon north of the Amazon River, and in the far western Amazon and adjacent lower east Andean slopes.
| Spot-winged antbird | |
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| Male (above) and female (below) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Myrmelastes |
| Species: | M. leucostigma |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrmelastes leucostigma (Pelzeln, 1868) | |
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The spot-winged antbird was described by the Austrian ornithologist August von Pelzeln in 1868 and given the binomial name Percnostola leucostigma.[2] The Roraiman, Humaita, brownish-headed and rufous-faced antbird were formerly considered as subspecies, but based on the differences in voice and plumage characteristics they are now treated as separate species.[3][4][5] As presently defined, the spot-winged antbird includes the subspecies infuscata, subplumbea and intensa.[5]
The conservation status of the spot-winged antbird has been assessed by BirdLife International to be of Least concern.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2017). "Myrmelastes leucostigma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22736153A118545978. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22736153A118545978.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ von Pelzeln, August (1868). Zur Ornithologie Brasiliens : Resultate von Johann Natterers Reisen in den Jahren 1817 bis 1835 (in German). Vol. Part 2. Wien: A. Pichler's Witwe & Sohn. pp. 86, 160–161.
- ^ Braun, M.J.; Isler, M.L.; Isler, P.R.; Bates, J.M.; Robbins, M.B. (2005). "Avian speciation in the Pantepui: the case of the Roraiman Antbird (Percnostola [Schistocichla] "leucostigma" saturata)". Condor. 107 (2): 327–341. doi:10.1650/7647. hdl:1808/19238. S2CID 15452230.
- ^ Isler, M.L.; Isler, P.R.; Whitney, B.M.; Zimmer, K.J. (2007). "Species limits in the "Schistocichla" complex of Percnosticla antbirds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae)". Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 119 (1): 53–70. doi:10.1676/05-121.1. S2CID 84340283.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
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