Rio Branco antbird

The Rio Branco antbird (Cercomacra carbonaria) is a bird species in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Brazil (Roraima) and Guyana.[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is severely threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Rio Branco antbird
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thamnophilidae
Genus:	Cercomacra
Species:	C. carbonaria
Binomial name
Cercomacra carbonaria Sclater & Salvin, 1873

The Rio Branco antbird was described by the English ornithologists Philip Sclater and Osbert Salvin in 1873 and given its current binomial name Cercomacra carbonaria.[2]

It was listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List in 2008.[3] In 2012, it was assessed as Critically Endangered by BirdLife International, which says the species likely to go extinct in twenty years if deforestation continues at its current pace.[4]

References

1. BirdLife International (2012). "Cercomacra carbonaria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
2. Sclater, Philip L.; Salvin, Osbert (1873). Nomenclator Avium Neotropicalium (in Latin). London: Sumptibus Auctorum. pp. 73, 161.
3. BirdLife International (2008). "What's new (2008)". Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
4. Platt, John R. "100 Amazon Birds Are at Greater Risk of Extinction Due to Deforestation". Scientific American. Retrieved 8 June 2012.