Black-hooded antshrike

The black-hooded antshrike (Thamnophilus bridgesi) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

Black-hooded antshrike
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Thamnophilus
Species:
T. bridgesi
Binomial name
Thamnophilus bridgesi
Sclater, 1856

The black-hooded antshrike was described by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1856 and given its current binomial name Thamnophilus bridgesi.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Thamnophilus bridgesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Sclater, Philip L. (1856). "List of mammals and birds collected by Mr. Bridges in the town of David in the province of Chiriqui in the state of Panama". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 24 (309): 138–143 [141].

Further reading

  • Skutch, Alexander F. (1969). "Black-hooded antshrike" (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. 180–190.


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