Black-backed Antshrike
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Black-backed Antshrike | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservation status | ||||||||||||||
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
| Binomial name | ||||||||||||||
| Sakesphorus melanonotus (Sclater, 1855) |
The Black-backed Antshrike (Sakesphorus melanonotus) is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It has recently been proposed that it more properly belongs to the genus Thamnophilus (Brumfield et al., 2007).
[edit] Source
- BirdLife International 2004. Sakesphorus melanonotus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
- Brumfield, R. T., and S. V. Edwards. 2007. Evolution into and out of the Andes: a Bayesian analysis of historical diversification in Thamnophilus antshrikes. Evolution 61:346-367.
 This article about an antbird is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
