Rusty-backed antwren | |
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Rusty-backed Antwren male in Mato Grosso | |
Rusty-backed Antwren female at Dourado, São Paulo state, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: | Formicivora |
Species: | F. rufa |
Binomial name | |
Formicivora rufa (Wied, 1831) |
The rusty-backed antwren (Formicivora rufa) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Suriname. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.