Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thamnophilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Madre de Dios, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Madre de Dios, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Madre de Dios, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Madre de Dios, Peru
Status: The Chestnut-tailed Antbird is uncommon and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 1500 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Br and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Hormiguero de Cola Castaña.
Sub-species: Chestnut-tailed Antbird (Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena), P. L. Sclater, 1857.
Meaning of Name: Sciaphylax: Gr. skia, skias= shadow, shade; phulax, phulakos= watcher, sentinel. hemimelaena: Gr. Hemi= half, small and melas, melaina= black.
Formerly known as Myrmeciza hemimelaena (2018).
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2017.
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