Rio Branco antbird
Rio Branco antbird | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: | Cercomacra |
Species: | C. carbonaria
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Binomial name | |
Cercomacra carbonaria | |
The Rio Branco antbird (Cercomacra carbonaria) is a bird species in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Brazil (Roraima) and Guyana.[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is severely threatened by habitat loss.[1]
The Rio Branco antbird was described by the English ornithologists Philip Sclater and Osbert Salvin in 1873 and given its current binomial name Cercomacra carbonaria.[2]
It was listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List in 2008.[3] In 2012, it was assessed as Critically Endangered by BirdLife International, which says the species likely to go extinct in twenty years if deforestation continues at its current pace.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b c BirdLife International (2018). "Cercomacra carbonaria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22701686A128257225. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22701686A128257225.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Sclater, Philip L.; Salvin, Osbert (1873). Nomenclator Avium Neotropicalium (in Latin). London: Sumptibus Auctorum. pp. 73, 161.
- ^ BirdLife International (2008). "What's new (2008)". Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
- ^ Platt, John R. "100 Amazon Birds Are at Greater Risk of Extinction Due to Deforestation". Scientific American. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- Cercomacra
- Birds of the Amazon Basin
- Birds of Brazil
- Birds of the Guianas
- Critically endangered animals
- Critically endangered biota of South America
- Birds described in 1873
- Taxa named by Philip Sclater
- Taxa named by Osbert Salvin
- Thamnophilidae stubs