- Band-tailed Antshrike
Taxobox
name = Band-tailed Antshrike
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Thamnophilidae
genus = "Sakesphorus "
species = "S. melanothorax"
binomial = "Sakesphorus melanothorax"
binomial_authority = (Sclater, 1857)
synonyms = The Band-tailed Antshrike ("Sakesphorus melanothorax") is a species ofbird in theThamnophilidae family.It is found in the easternGuianas ofSuriname andFrench Guiana mostly; alsoBrazil ,Guyana , and Atlantic regions of theAmazon Basin , and some local regions upstream on the Amazon. Its naturalhabitat is subtropical or tropicalswamp s. It has recently been proposed that it more properly belongs to the genus Thamnophilus (Brumfield "et al.", 2007).References
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/50215/all Sakesphorus melanothorax] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
* Brumfield, R. T., and S. V. Edwards. 2007. "Evolution into and out of the Andes: a Bayesian analysis of historical diversification in Thamnophilus antshrikes." Evolution 61:346-367.External links
* [http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/suriname/suriname-2/Suriname2005_files/image006.jpgPhoto-Low Res] ; [http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/suriname/suriname-2/suriname-july-05.htm Article] birdtours.co.uk
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