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Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena)

Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena (Sclater, PL 1857)

Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Thamnophilidae
Genus:
   Sciaphylax
Scientific:
  Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena


Original description

Citation:
  (Sclater, PL 1857)

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London pt.25, no.329 p.48

Imprint year:
  1857

Protonym:
  Myrmeciza hemimelaena

Type locality:
  Bolivia; restricted to Mapiri, La Paz, by Gyldenstolpe, K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl, 23, 1945, no. 1, p. 179.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100996#page/60/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  50FD2D244B9A69B9

Avibase ID:
  avibase-50FD2D24

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/50FD2D24


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 918377

English:
Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena)
French:
Alapi rougequeue (hemimelaena)


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena) ( Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena) ( Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena) ( Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena) ( Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (nominate) ( Myrmeciza hemimelaena hemimelaena)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (nominate) ( Myrmeciza hemimelaena hemimelaena)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (nominate) ( Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (nominate) ( Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (nominate) ( Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (nominate) ( Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (nominate) ( Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (nominate) ( Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena)
Avilist 2025:
Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
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Clements, version 2025:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.53:
Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena) ( Myrmeciza hemimelaena hemimelaena) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena) ( Myrmeciza hemimelaena hemimelaena) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena) ( Myrmeciza hemimelaena hemimelaena) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena) ( Myrmeciza hemimelaena hemimelaena) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena) ( Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena) ( Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena) ( Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena) ( Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena) ( Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena) ( Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena) ( Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena) ( Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena) ( Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: nominal subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Sciaphylax hemimelaena

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German: Rotmantel-Ameisenvogel, Rotschwanz-Ameisenvogel (hemimelaena)
English: Chestnut-tailed Antbird, Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena), Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird, Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena), Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (nominate)
English, HBW: Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena)
English (IOC): Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena)
English (United States): Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena)
Spanish: Hormiguero Colicastaño Sureño (hemimelaena), Hormiguero de Cola Castaña
Spanish (Spain): Hormiguero Colicastaño Sureño (hemimelaena)
Spanish (HBW): Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena)
Spanish (Peru): Hormiguero de Cola Castaña (hemimelaena)
French: Alapi rougequeue, Alapi rougequeue (hemimelaena), Alapi rougequeue (nominal), Alapi rougequeue (nominale), Alapi rougequeue (race nominale)
Italian: Mangiaformiche codacastana
Japanese (romaji): kurioaridori (hemimelaena)
Japanese: クリオアリドリ (hemimelaena), クリオアリドリ(hemimelaena)
Scientific: Drymophila juruana, Myrmeciza hemimelaena, Myrmeciza hemimelaena castanea, Myrmeciza hemimelaena hemimelaena, Myrmeciza spodiogastra, Sciaphylax hemimelaena, Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena
Dutch: Zuidelijke Kastanjestaartmiervogel (hemimelaena)
Norwegian: sørkastanjemaurfugl (hemimelaena)
Polish: rudogonka amazońska (hemimelaena)
Portuguese: formigueiro-de-cauda-castanha
Portuguese (Brazil): formigueiro-de-cauda-castanha
Portuguese (Portugal): formigueiro-de-cauda-castanha (hemimelaena), Formigueiro-de-cauda-castanha (hemimlaena)
Russian: Бурохвостая муравьянка (hemimelaena)
Slovak: mravcovka hnedochvostá, mravcovka hnedochvostá (skup.)
Swedish: kastanjestjärtad myrfågel (hemimelaena)
Turkish: Kuzeyli kestanerengi karıncakuşu (hemimelaena)

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