Black-chinned Antbird (Hypocnemoides melanopogon)

Family
Thamnophilidae (Typical Antbirds)

Size
11.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1857)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and swamp forest, moist savanna. From sea-level - 700 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (28)...)

Black-chinned Antbird (Hypocnemoides melanopogon) [XC98568]
by Oswaldo Cortes from Iwokrama River Lodge, Turtle Moutain, Guyana (song)

Black-chinned Antbird (Hypocnemoides melanopogon) [XC693621]
by Niels Poul Dreyer from Matraca trail, Inirida, Guainia, Colombia (song)

Subspecies
Closely related to Band-tailed Antbird (Hypocnemoides maculicauda), appearing to differ somewhat in vocalizations, but very similar in behaviour and morphology. Molecular analyses and field studies in regions of apparent parapatry needed in order to establish true taxonomic relationships. Birds from Colombia, Venezuela and north-western Brazil described as subspecies occidentalis, but appear to intergrade with nominate and considered better merged with latter pending further analysis.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

melanopogon (Sclater, 1857) - North of R Amazon in eastern Colombia (southern from Meta and Vichada), eastern and southern Venezuela (eastern Sucre, eastern Monagas, Bol��var, Amazonas), the Guianas, and Brazil north of R Amazon.
minor Gyldenstolpe, 1941 - South-central Amazonian Brazil (drainages of lower R Purus and R Madeira, and near southern bank of R Amazon between R Tapaj�s and R Tocantins).
occidentalis Zimmer, JT, 1932 - Colombia, Venezuela and north-western Brazil.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-chinned Antbird (Hypocnemoides melanopogon) - 10 files

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