Santa Marta foliage-gleaner

Santa Marta foliage-gleaner
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Automolus
Species: A. rufipectus
Binomial name
Automolus rufipectus
Bangs, 1898
Synonyms

Hylocryptus rufipectus

The Santa Marta foliage-gleaner (Automolus rufipectus) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is endemic to Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the ruddy foliage-gleaner.[2] Evidence suggests that it possibly should be moved to the genus Hylocryptus.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Automolus rufipectus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 Krabbe, N. (2008). Vocal evidence for restitution of species rank to a Santa Marta endemic: Automolus rufipectus Bangs (Furnariidae), with comments on its generic affinities. Bull. B.O.C. 128(4): 219-227
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