Brown-winged schiffornis
Appearance
Brown-winged schiffornis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tityridae |
Genus: | Schiffornis |
Species: | S. turdina
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Binomial name | |
Schiffornis turdina (Wied, 1831)
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The brown-winged schiffornis (Schiffornis turdina), is a species of Neotropical bird in the family Tityridae.
Taxonomy
[edit]The brown-winged schiffornis has traditionally been placed in the manakin family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae,[2] where it is now placed by the South American Classification Committee.
The species was split by the AOU in 2013 from the species complex thrush-like schiffornis.[3]
Description
[edit]It is medium-sized, about 24 cm (9 in.) long. Depending on subspecies, it is overall brownish or olive. The belly is often greyish.
Distribution and habitat
[edit]It is found in Amazon rainforest and eastern Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International. (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Schiffornis turdina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103677312A112299070. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103677312A112299070.en. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ Adopt the Family Tityridae Archived May 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - South American Classification Committee (2007)
- ^ Nyári, Á. S. 2007. Phylogeographic patterns, molecular and vocal differentiation, and species limits in Schiffornis turdina (Aves). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 154–164
- Howell, Steve N.G., and Sophie Webb. "A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America." Oxford University Press, New York, 1995. (ISBN 0-19-854012-4)
Further reading
[edit]- Skutch, Alexander F. (1969). "Thrush-like manakin" (PDF). Life Histories of Central American Birds III: Families Cotingidae, Pipridae, Formicariidae, Furnariidae, Dendrocolaptidae, and Picidae. Pacific Coast Avifauna, Number 35. Berkeley, California: Cooper Ornithological Society. pp. 148–157.