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Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird

Sciaphylax hemimelaena pallens

Classification

Class
Aves

Sciaphylax is a genus of passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae. The genus contains two species: Southern chestnut-tailed antbird (Sciaphylax hemimelaena) Northern chestnut-tailed antbird (Sciaphylax castanea) These species were formerly included in the genus Myrmeciza. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that Myrmeciza was polyphyletic.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 23Bolivia · 1