Stub-tailed Antbird
A species of White-bellied Antbird Scientific name : Sipia berlepschi Genus : White-bellied Antbird
Stub-tailed Antbird, A species of White-bellied Antbird
Botanical name: Sipia berlepschi
Genus: White-bellied Antbird
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Description
The stub-tailed antbird (Sipia berlepschi) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The stub-tailed antbird was described by the German ornithologist Ernst Hartert in 1898 and given the binomial name Pyriglena berlepschi. The species was named to honour the German ornithologist Hans von Berlepsch. The species was later placed in the genus Myrmeciza but a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that the genus Myrmeciza, as then defined, was polyphyletic. In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera the stub-tailed antbird was moved to a resurrected genus Sipia which had been introduced by the Austrian ornithologist Carl Eduard Hellmayr in 1924. 
Size
15 cm
Nest Placement
Cavity
Dite type
Carnivorous
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Feeding Habits
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Antbirds Genus
White-bellied Antbird Species
Stub-tailed Antbird 
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