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White-shouldered Antbird

Akletos melanoceps

Classification

Class
Aves

The white-shouldered antbird (Akletos melanoceps) is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Taxonomy and systematics The white-shouldered antbird was described and illustrated by the German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix in 1825 and given the binomial name Thamnophilus melanoceps.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 1,382Brazil · 46