Black-crowned antshrike | |
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A female in Panama | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: | Thamnophilus |
Species: | T. atrinucha |
Binomial name | |
Thamnophilus atrinucha Salvin & Godman, 1892 |
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Synonyms | |
Thamnophilus punctatus atrinucha |
Thamnophilus punctatus atrinucha
The black-crowned antshrike or western slaty antshrike (Thamnophilus atrinucha) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in from western Ecuador, western Colombia, western Venezuela, and Central America as far north as Belize.
It was previously included in the widespread Slaty Antshrike (T. punctatus), but following the split, this scientific name is now restricted to the northern slaty antshrike.