The Guianan warbling antbird (''Hypocnemis cantator'') is an insectivorous bird in the
antbird
The antbirds are a large passerine bird family, Thamnophilidae, found across subtropical and tropical Central and South America, from Mexico to Argentina. There are more than 230 species, known variously as antshrikes, antwrens, antvireos, fire ...
family, Thamnophilidae. It is found at lower levels in humid forest in the
Guianas, far eastern
Venezuela
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(with
Guyana), and north-eastern
Brazil
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(north of the
Amazon River and east of the lower
Negro River Río Negro (Spanish and Portuguese, 'Black River') may refer to:
Rivers
Brazil
* Rio Negro (Amazon), tributary of the Amazon River
* Rio Negro (Mato Grosso do Sul)
* Rio Negro (Paraná)
* Rio Negro (Rio de Janeiro)
* Rio Negro (Rondônia)
* ...
and the
Branco River).
Taxonomy
The French polymath
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (; 7 September 1707 – 16 April 1788) was a French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopédiste.
His works influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including two prominent ...
described the Guianan warbling antbird in his ''Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux'' in 1779. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by
François-Nicolas Martinet François-Nicolas Martinet (1731 - 1800) was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist.
Martinet engraved the plates for numerous works on natural history, especially ornithology. Notable in particular are those for ''l'Ornithologia, sive Synop ...
in the ''Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle'' which was produced under the supervision of
Edme-Louis Daubenton
Edme-Louis Daubenton (12 August 1730 – 12 December 1785) was a French naturalist.
Daubenton was the cousin of another French naturalist, Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton. Georges-Louis Leclerc, the Comte de Buffon engaged Edme-Louis Daubenton to su ...
to accompany Buffon's text. Buffon did not include a scientific name with his description but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist
Pieter Boddaert
Pieter Boddaert (1730 – 6 May 1795) was a Dutch physician and naturalist.
Early life, family and education
Boddaert was the son of a Middelburg jurist and poet by the same name (1694–1760). The younger Pieter obtained his M.D. at the Univers ...
coined the
binomial name ''Formicarius cantatar'' in his catalogue of the ''Planches Enluminées''. The
specific name is from the Latin ''cantator'' "a singer". The present genus ''
Hypocnemis
''Hypocnemis'' is a genus of passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae. They are resident breeders in tropical Central and South America.
The genus ''Hypocnemis'' was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1847. The name comb ...
'' was introduced by the German ornithologist
Jean Cabanis
Jean Louis Cabanis (8 March 1816 – 20 February 1906) was a German ornithologist.
Cabanis was born in Berlin to an old Huguenot family who had moved from France. Little is known of his early life. He studied at the University of Berlin from 1 ...
in 1847.
The
Imeri,
Peruvian
Peruvians ( es, peruanos) are the citizens of Peru. There were Andean and coastal ancient civilizations like Caral, which inhabited what is now Peruvian territory for several millennia before the Spanish conquest of Peru, Spanish conquest in th ...
,
yellow-breasted,
Rondonia and
Spix's warbling antbird
Spix's warbling antbird (''Hypocnemis striata'') is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae.
Spix's warbling antbird was described and illustrated by the German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix in 1825 and given the binomial name ''T ...
were all formerly treated as
subspecies of the Guianan warbling antbird. A study published in 2007 found that there were significant vocal differences as well a small plumage differences between the taxa and they are now all treated as separate species.
As presently defined, the Guianan warbling antbird is
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...
, although the subspecies ''notaea'' sometimes has been recognized.
Its conservation status has been assessed as near threatened.
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References
Further reading
* Zimmer & Isler. 2003. Hypocnemis cantator (Warbling Antbird). Pp. 645 in del Hoyo, Elliott, & Christie. 2003. ''Handbook of the Birds of the World.'' Vol. 8. Broadbills to Tapaculos. Lynx Edictions. Barcelona.
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External links
Xeno-canto: audio recordings of the Guianan warbling antbird
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