Cercomacra cinerascens [cinerascens or immaculata] (Grey Antbird (Northern))

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Grey Antbird (Northern)

Cercomacra cinerascens [cinerascens or immaculata] (= Cercomacra cinerascens cinerascens) (Sclater, PL 1857)

Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Thamnophilidae
Genus:
   Cercomacra
Scientific:
  Cercomacra cinerascens cinerascens

Original description

Citation:
(Sclater, PL 1857)

Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London pt.25, no.335 p.131

Imprint year:
1857

Protonym:
Formicivora cinerascens

Type locality:
Rio Napo, Ecuador.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100996#page/143/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
2DC415317307259C

Avibase ID:
avibase-2DC41531

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/2DC41531

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 918275

English:
Gray Antbird [cinerascens or immaculata]
Catalan:
formiguer gris (cinerascens/immaculata)
Danish:
Grå Myrefugl (Nordlig)
German:
Aschgrau-Ameisenfänger (cinerascens/immaculata)
Spanish:
Hormiguero Gris (Norteño)
Spanish (Spain):
Hormiguero gris (norteño)
Finnish:
savimuura (cinerascens/immaculata)
French:
Grisin ardoisé (cinerascens/immaculata)
Dutch:
(Noordelijke) grijze miervogel
Norwegian:
gråmaurfugl (cinerascens/immaculata)
Polish:
mrówkowodzik szary (cinerascens/immaculata)
Portuguese (Brazil):
chororó-pocuá (cinerascens/immaculata)
Portuguese (Portugal):
Chororó-pocuá (cinerascens/immaculata)
Slovak:
mravcovka sivá (sivá)
Serbian:
Severna siva mravarka
Swedish:
grå myrfågel (cinerascens/immaculata)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Gray Antbird [cinerascens or immaculata] ( Cercomacra cinerascens [cinerascens or immaculata])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Gray Antbird [cinerascens or immaculata] ( Cercomacra cinerascens [cinerascens or immaculata])
eBird version 2025: Gray Antbird (Northern) ( Cercomacra cinerascens cinerascens/immaculata) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Cercomacra cinerascens

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