Order
Passeriformes
Family
Thamnophilidae
Genus
Hypocnemoides
 
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Version 1.0

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SPECIES

Black-chinned Antbird Hypocnemoides melanopogon

Thomas S. Schulenberg and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published July 29, 2011

Conservation

The IUCN Red List conservation status of the Black-chinned Antbird is assessed as Least Concern. This species has a wide distribution, and the population trend, although not quantified, is believed to be stable (BirdLife International 2011).

The relative abundance of the Black-chinned Antbird is assessed as "fairly common" in Colombia (Hilty and Brown 1986), in Venezuela (Hilty 2003), and in Peru (Schulenberg et al. 2007), and as "locally fairly common" in Ecuador (Ridgely and Greenfield 2001).

Effects of human activity on populations

Human activity has little direct effect on the Black-chinned Antbird, other than the local effects of habitat destruction.

Recommended Citation

Schulenberg, T. S. and G. M. Kirwan (2011). Black-chinned Antbird (Hypocnemoides melanopogon), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.blcant3.01