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Yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird

Hypocnemis subflava Cabanis, 1873

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Yellow-breasted Warbling-Antbird at Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil

Yellow-breasted Warbling-Antbird at Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil

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Open encyclopedia reference

The yellow-breasted warbling antbird or yellow-breasted antwarbler, (Hypocnemis subflava) is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.

Wikipedia contributors, Yellow-breasted warbling antbird; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:22:25.286015+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Hypocnemis subflava Cabanis, 1873
Name authority
Cabanis, 1873
Common name
Yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Thamnophilidae
Genus
Hypocnemis
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderPasseriformes
  10. familyThamnophilidae Swainson, 1824
  11. genusHypocnemis Cabanis, 1847
  12. speciesHypocnemis subflava Cabanis, 1873

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Hypocnemis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Peruvian Warbling AntbirdHypocnemis peruviana Taczanowski, 1884ThamnophilidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Spix's Warbling AntbirdHypocnemis striata (Spix, 1825)ThamnophilidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Guianan Warbling AntbirdHypocnemis cantator (Boddaert, 1783)ThamnophilidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cryptic Warbling-AntbirdHypocnemis implicata J. T. Zimmer, 1932ThamnophilidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 183 records assigned to Thamnophilidae.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

South America

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Cabanis, & Jean Louis. (1873). Fünfte Jahresversammlung. Journal Für Ornithologie, Vol. 21, No. 121. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:6N3L4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.