Xingu Antbird

For the antbird Drymophila (devillei) subochracea, see Striated Antbird.
Xingu Antbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Willisornis
Species: W. vidua
Binomial name
Willisornis vidua
(Hellmayr, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Dichropogon poecilonota vidua
  • Hypocnemis poecilonotus vidua
  • Willisornis poecilonota vidua

The Xingu Antbird (Willisornis vidua) is a species of antbird from the southeastern Amazon in Brazil. Until 2011, it was usually included as a subspecies of the Scale-backed Antbird.[1] Its English name refers to the Xingu River.[1] In addition to the nominate subspecies, it includes the subspecies W. v. nigrigula.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Isler & Whitney (2011). Species limits in antbirds (Thamnophilidae): The Scale-backed Antbird (Willisornis poecilinotus) complex. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 123(1): 1-14