The banded antbird (Dichrozona cincta) – sometimes called banded antwren despite not being close to the true antwrens – is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is the only member of the genus Dichrozona. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Taxonomy
The banded antbird was described by the Austrian ornithologist August von Pelzeln in 1868 and given the scientific name Cyphorhinus (Microcerculus) cinctus. The present genus Dichrozona was erected by the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway in 1888.
Subspecies
There are three subspecies: Dichrozona cincta cincta (Pelzeln, 1868) – east Colombia, south Venezuela and northwest Brazil Dichrozona cincta stellata (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880) – east Ecuador and west Brazil Dichrozona cincta zononota Ridgway, 1888 – west central Brazil and north Bolivia