The Mato Grosso antbird (''Cercomacra melanaria'') is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in

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, Brazil, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The Mato Grosso antbird is in length. The male is mainly black but has white fringes on the and white tips at the end of the tail feathers. The female has similar white fringes and white tail tips but is gray above and paler gray below.

Taxonomy

The Mato Grosso antbird was formally described in 1835 by the French zoologist

Édouard Ménétries Édouard Ménétries (Paris, France, 2 October 1802 – St. Petersburg, Imperial Russia, 10 April 1861) was a French entomologist, zoologist, and herpetologist. He is best known as the founder of the Russian Entomological Society. Ménétries w ...

under the

binomial name In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

''Formicivora melanaria''. The specific epithet is from Latin ''melania'' meaning "blackness". The type locality is the town of Cuiabá in the Brazilian state of

Mato Grosso Mato Grosso ( – lit. "Thick Bush") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP. Neighboring ...

. This antbird is now placed in the genus ''

Cercomacra ''Cercomacra'' is a genus of passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae. The genus was erected by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1858. The type species was subsequently designated as the Rio de Janeiro antbird. The genus contains se ...

'' that was introduced by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1858. The species is monotypic: no

subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...

are recognised.

References

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