Chestnut-winged hookbill

Chestnut-winged hookbill
Illustration in Avium Species Novae by Johann Baptist von Spix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Ancistrops
P.L. Sclater, 1862
Species: A. strigilatus
Binomial name
Ancistrops strigilatus
(Spix, 1825)

The chestnut-winged hookbill (Ancistrops strigilatus) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is the only member of the genus Ancistrops.

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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