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Band-tailed Antshrike

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Thamnophilus melanothorax

Sakesphorus melanothorax

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[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in Suriname, French Guiana and north-eastern Amazonian Brazil

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Moved from genus Sakesphorus to genus Thamnophilus.[1][2]

[edit] Habitat

Heavy undergrowth with vines in humid forest or dryer among boulders; swamps.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Reference

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  3. SACC proposal read July 6, 2008.

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