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Black-backed Antshrike
Thamnophilus melanonotus Sclater, PL, 1855
Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
Black-backed Antshrike, Thamnophilus melanonotus, is a passerine of the antbird family found in northern Colombia and north-western Venezuela. It lives in the understorey and middle levels of dry deciduous forest, especially where vine thickets are thick. The species is split into two separate populations, one on the Caribbean slope and another in the Zulia River valley and the adjacent Cordillera de Mérida. It was described by Sclater in 1855 and later returned to Thamnophilus after being placed in Sakesphorus.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: n Colombia and Venezuela
