The black-chinned antbird (Hypocnemoides melanopogon) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps.

Black-chinned antbird
female at Anavilhanas National Park, Novo Airão, Amazonas, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Hypocnemoides
Species:
H. melanopogon
Binomial name
Hypocnemoides melanopogon
(Sclater, PL, 1857)

The black-chinned antbird was described by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1857 and given the binomial name Hypocnemis melanopogon.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Hypocnemoides melanopogon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22701737A130215903. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22701737A130215903.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Sclater, Philip L. (1857). "Descriptions of twelve new or little known species of the South American family Formicariidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 25: 129–133 [130]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1857.tb01217.x.