| Xingu antbird | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Willisornis |
| Species: | W. vidua |
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Willisornis vidua (Hellmayr, 1905) |
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The Xingu antbird (Willisornis vidua), also known as the Xingu scale-backed antbird, is a species of antbird from the south-eastern Amazon in Brazil. Until 2011, it was usually included as a subspecies of the scale-backed antbird. Its English name refers to the Xingu River. In addition to the nominate subspecies, it includes the subspecies W. v. nigrigula.