Grey antbird

The grey antbird (Cercomacra cinerascens) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Grey antbird

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Cercomacra
Species:
C. cinerascens
Binomial name
Cercomacra cinerascens
(Sclater, 1857)

The grey antbird was described by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1857 and given the binomial name Formicivora cinerascens.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Cercomacra cinerascens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Sclater, Philip L. (1857). "Descriptions of twelve new or little known species of the South American family Formicariidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 25: 129–133 [131].
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