Dot-backed antbird

Dot-backed antbird
Male dot-backed antbird at Apiacás, Mato Grosso state, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Hylophylax
Species: H. punctulatus
Binomial name
Hylophylax punctulatus
(Des Murs, 1856)
Synonyms

Rhopotera punctulata
Rhopothera guttata

The dot-backed antbird (Hylophylax punctulatus) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps.

Hylophylax punctulatus Castelnau

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