Mouse-colored antshrike
The mouse-colored antshrike (Thamnophilus murinus) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae.
| Mouse-colored antshrike | |
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| Sacha Lodge - Ecuador | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Thamnophilus |
| Species: | T. murinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Thamnophilus murinus | |
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.
The mouse-colored antshrike was described by the English ornithologists Philip Sclater and Osbert Salvin in 1868 and given its current binomial name Thamnophilus murinus.[2]
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Thamnophilus murinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Sclater, Philip L.; Salvin, Osbert (1867). "Catalogue of birds collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Huallaga, Eastern Peru, with notes and descriptions of new species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (3): 748–759 [750, 756]. The volume is dated 1867 but the issue was published in the following year.
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