Mouse-colored Antshrike (Thamnophilus murinus)
About the Mouse-colored Antshrike
The mouse-colored antshrike (Thamnophilus murinus) is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. The mouse-colored antshrike was described by the English ornithologists Philip Sclater and Osbert Salvin in 1868 and given its current binomial name Thamnophilus murinus. It and the plain-winged antshrike (T. schistaceus) are sister species. The mouse-colored antshrike has three subspecies, the nominate T. m. murinus (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868), T. canipennis (Todd, 1927), and T. cayennensis (Todd, 1927).
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