Jet antbird
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Cercomacra |
| Species: | C. nigricans
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| Cercomacra nigricans Sclater, 1858
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The jet antbird (Cercomacra nigricans) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Panama and western Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
The jet antbird was described by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1858 and given its current binomial name Cercomacra nigricans.[2]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cercomacra nigricans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22701683A93844133. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22701683A93844133.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Sclater, Philip L. (1858). "Synopsis of the American ant-birds (Formicariidae). Part II containing the Formicivorinae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 26: 232–254 [245]. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1858.tb06370.x.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Cercomacra
- Birds of Colombia
- Birds of Ecuador
- Birds of Panama
- Birds of Venezuela
- Birds described in 1858
- Taxa named by Philip Sclater
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