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 LC    Xingu Scale-backed Antbird* Id (Atlas):
    Willisornis vidua

Description (10)
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Family
Thamnophilidae (Typical Antbirds)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hellmayr, 1905)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,350 m.

Range (Guide)
Brazil.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2012) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (26)...)

 
Xingu Scale-backed Antbird (Willisornis vidua) [XC469843]
     by GABRIEL LEITE from Parauapebas, State of Par\u00e1- Serra do Caraj\u00e1s-Serra Norte, Brazil (call, song)

 
Xingu Scale-backed Antbird (Willisornis vidua) [XC671405]
     by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Rio Cristalino,Alta Floresta,Mato Grosso, Brazil (call)

Subspecies
Willisornis poecilinotus has been split into Common Scale-backed Antbird (Willisornis poecilinotus) and Xingu Scale-backed Antbird (Willisornis vidua) following SACC (2011).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Common Scale-backed Antbird (Willisornis poecilinotus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • nigrigula (Snethlage, E, 1914)   -  South-central Amazonian Brazil (extreme eastern Amazonas east to both banks of R Tapajós, and on eastern bank of R Teles Pires south to northern Mato Grosso). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Tapajos Scale-backed Antbird (Willisornis nigrigula).
  • vidua (Hellmayr, 1905)   -  Eastern Amazonian Brazil south of R Amazon (east from R Xingu to western Maranhío, south to northern Tocantins). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Xingu Scale-backed Antbird (Willisornis vidua). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Common Scale-backed Antbird (Willisornis poecilinotus).



References
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Files:
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