Chestnut-belted gnateater | |
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In Novo Airão, Amazonas, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Conopophagidae |
Genus: | Conopophaga |
Species: | C. aurita
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Binomial name | |
Conopophaga aurita (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Subspecies | |
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The chestnut-belted gnateater (Conopophaga aurita) is a species of bird in the family Conopophagidae, the gnateaters. It is found in the Amazon Basin of northern Brazil, southern Colombia and eastern Peru and Ecuador; also the Guianan countries of Guyana, Suriname and eastern French Guiana. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forest.