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Banded antbird
A bird, around half the size of the hand holding it, with a pale neck and chest, and gold-silver bands of feathers across its dark back,
A banded antbird at Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil.
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Genus:
Dichrozona
Species:
cincta
Dichrozona cincta map.svg
Synonyms
  • Cyphorhinus (Microcerculus) cinctus Pelzeln, 1868
  • Hypocnemis stellata Sclater & Salvin, 1880
  • Dichrozona zononota Ridgway, 1888
  • Dichrozona zonota Riker & Chapman, 1891
  • Dichrozona cincta Hellmayr, 1903
  • Dichrozona cinctus Chapman, 1917
  • Microcerculus cinctus Ihering, 1905

The banded antbird (Dichrozona cincta) – sometimes called banded antwren despite not being close to the true antwrens – is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is the only member of the genus Dichrozona. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Taxonomy

The banded antbird was described by the Austrian ornithologist August von Pelzeln in 1868 and given the scientific name Cyphorhinus (Microcerculus) cinctus. The present genus Dichrozona was erected by the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway in 1888.

Subspecies

There are three subspecies:

  • Dichrozona cincta cincta (Pelzeln, 1868) – east Colombia, south Venezuela and northwest Brazil
  • Dichrozona cincta stellata (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880) – east Ecuador and west Brazil
  • Dichrozona cincta zononota Ridgway, 1888 – west central Brazil and north Bolivia

See also

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