Xingu scale-backed antbird | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: | Willisornis |
Species: | W. vidua |
Binomial name | |
Willisornis vidua (Hellmayr, 1905) |
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The Xingu scale-backed antbird (Willisornis vidua) is a species of antbird from the south-eastern Amazon in Brazil. Until 2011, it was usually included as a subspecies of the common scale-backed antbird. Its English name refers to the Xingu River. In addition to the nominate subspecies, it includes the subspecies W. v. nigrigula.