Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)
Black-throated Antshrike (Frederickena viridis) - HBW 8, p. 537
French: Batara à gorge noire
German: Schwarzkehl-Ameisenwürger
Spanish: Batará Gorginegro
Taxonomy: Thamnophilus viridis Vieillot, 1816, Cayenne, French Guiana.
Genus presumed related to Thamnophilus on basis of external morphology, especially the strongly hooked bill, but supporting molecular or other evidence unavailable. Considered to form a superspecies with F. unduligera. Monotypic.
Distribution: SE Venezuela (Bolívar), the Guianas and NE Amazonian Brazil (Amapá, Pará, and Amazonas N of R Amazon and E of lower R Negro).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male perched and flying away, repeated in slow motion. Then a sequence with the presumed female singing somewhere out of view. Locality Brownsberg National Park, Suriname (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 21 July 2011 9 weeks ago 56 sec 3.7
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One female responding to playback in the lower part of the forest at Capuchinbird lek area. Locality Las Claritas, Bolívar State, Venezuela
(Monotypic species)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 25 February 2009 1 year ago 3
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