Formicarius rufifrons Blake, 1957
Rufous-fronted antthrush
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1955
Rediscovered in 1983 or before (1995?)
IUCN RedList status: Near Threatened
Distribution
Bolivia, Brazil and Peru
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Blake, E. R. (1957). A new species of ant-thrush from Peru. Fieldiana: Zoology 39: 51-53.
Other references:
BirdLife International. 2016. Formicarius rufifrons. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22703203A93909253. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22703203A93909253.en. Downloaded on 14 February 2017.
Collar, N. J.; Gonzaga, L. P.; Krabbe, N.; Madroño Nieto, A.; Naranjo, L. G.; Parker, T. A.; Wege, D. C. 1992. Threatened birds of the Americas: the ICBP/IUCN Red Data Book. International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge, U.K.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
de Melo, Tomaz Nascimento et al. (2016). Second documented record of the Rufous-fronted Antthrush, Formicarius rufifrons (Aves: Formicariidae), in Brazil. Check List 12(4): 1927.
Kratter, A.W. 1995. Status, habitat and conservation of the Rufous fronted Antthrush Formicarius rufifrons. Bird Conservation International 5: 391-404.
Kratter, A.W. 2009. Rufous-fronted Antthrush (Formicarius rufifrons), Neotropical Birds Online (T.S. Schulenberg, Editor.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Parker, T. A. (1983). Rediscovery of the Rufous-fronted Antthrush (Formicarius rufifrons) in southeast Peru. Gerfaut 73(3): 287-289. [-292?]
Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]
Schulenberg, T. S.; Stotz, D. F.; Lane, D. F.; O'Neill, J. P.; Parker III, T. A. 2007. Birds of Peru. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Stotz, D. F.; Fitzpatrick, J. W.; Parker, T. A.; Moskovits, D. K. 1996. Neotropical birds: ecology and conservation. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Whittaker, A.; Oren, D. C. 1999. Important ornithological records from the Rio Juruá, western Amazonia, including twelve additions to the Brazilian avifauna. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 119: 235-260.