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Rufous-throated Antbird
Gymnopithys rufigula (Boddaert, 1783)
Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
Rufous-throated Antbird, Gymnopithys rufigula, is a bird of north-central and north-eastern Amazonia in South America, where it breeds in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. It is an antbird of the family Thamnophilidae. The species is placed in Gymnopithys and was named by Boddaert in 1783. It is associated with humid lowland and foothill evergreen forest, especially terra firme, and usually stays in the undergrowth. Its range lies on the Guianan Shield, with the nominate form the most widespread.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: nc, ne Amazonia
