White-shouldered antshrike

White-shouldered antshrike
male from Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador.
Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1890
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Thamnophilidae
Genus:Thamnophilus
Species: T. aethiops
Binomial name
Thamnophilus aethiops
Sclater, 1858

The white-shouldered antshrike (Thamnophilus aethiops) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The white-shouldered antshrike was described by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1858 and given the binomial name Thamnophilus aethiops.[2]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Thamnophilus aethiops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Sclater, Philip L. (1858). "Notes on a collection of birds received by M. Verreaux of Paris from the Rio Napo in the Republic of Ecuador". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 26: 59–77 [65].


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