Yellow-browed antbird

The yellow-browed antbird (Hypocnemis hypoxantha) is a species of bird in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Yellow-browed antbird
at Manacapuru, Amazonas state, Brazil.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Hypocnemis
Species:
H. hypoxantha
Binomial name
Hypocnemis hypoxantha

The yellow-browed antbird was described by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1869 and given its current binomial name Hypocnemis hypoxantha.[2] The specific epithet combines the Ancient Greek hupo meaning "beneath" and xanthos meaning "yellow".[3]

Two subspecies are recognised:[4]

  • H. h. hypoxantha Sclater, PL, 1869 – southeast Colombia to east Ecuador, central Peru and west Amazonian Brazil
  • H. h. ochraceiventris Chapman, 1921 – southeast Amazonian Brazil

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Hypocnemis hypoxantha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Sclater, Philip L. (1868). "Descriptions of some new or little-know species of Formicarians". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (3): 571–575 [573]. The volume is dated 1868 but the issue was published in the following year.
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Antbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

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