Bertoni's antbird

Bertoni's antbird (Drymophila rubricollis) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in the Atlantic Forest of south-eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and far north-eastern Argentina (Misiones). It was formerly considered conspecific with the very similar ferruginous antbird.

Bertoni's antbird
A female Bertoni's antbird at Salesópolis, São Paulo, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Drymophila
Species:
D. rubricollis
Binomial name
Drymophila rubricollis
(Bertoni, 1901)

The bird's common name commemorates the ornithologist Arnoldo de Winkelried Bertoni (1857–1929).[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Drymophila rubricollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Boelens, Bo; Michael Watkins (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 51.
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