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Difference between revisions of "Scale-backed Antbird" - BirdForum Opus

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'''Scale-backed Antbird''' may refer to one of three species previously considered conspecific under the name '''Scale-backed Antbird''' (''Willisornis poecilinotus''):
''Hylophylax poecilinotus''<br />
 
'''Includes: Xingu Scale-backed Antbird'''
 
==Identification==
 
  
==Distribution==
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*'''[[Common Scale-backed Antbird]]''' - ''Willisornis poecilinotus''
[[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[French Guiana]], [[Guyana]], [[Peru]], [[Suriname]], and [[Venezuela]].
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*'''[[Xingu Scale-backed Antbird]]''' - ''Willisornis vidua''
 
 
==Taxonomy==
 
Seven subspecies are recognized: ''poecilinotus'', ''duidae'', ''lepidonotus'', ''gutturalis'', ''griseiventris'', ''nigrigula'', and ''vidua''.<br />
 
''Willisornis vidua'' including ''nigrigula'' are sometimes split as '''Xingu Scale-backed Antbird'''.<br />
 
Formerly placed in genus ''[[:Category:Hylophylax|Hylophylax]]''.
 
==Habitat==
 
Moist lowland forests.
 
==Behaviour==
 
Follows army ant swarms, but generally not found near the center of the swarm
 
 
 
They build cup shaped nests.
 
==References==
 
# Clements, James F. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
 
#SACC [http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop286.html proposal no 286] and [http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop340.html proposal no 340] to change genus of this species
 
#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=192749 Birdforum thread] discussing splitting Scale-backed Antbird
 
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==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Willisornis+poecilinot}}
 
 
 
 
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Willisornis]]
 

Latest revision as of 17:17, 28 August 2012

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Scale-backed Antbird may refer to one of three species previously considered conspecific under the name Scale-backed Antbird (Willisornis poecilinotus):

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