Moustached antwren

Moustached antwren
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Myrmotherula
Species: M. ignota
Binomial name
Myrmotherula ignota
Griscom, 1929

The moustached antwren (Myrmotherula ignota) is a species of small Neotropical bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It has two allopatric subspecies, both sometimes considered separate monotypic species: The Griscom's antwren (M. (i.) ignota) is found the Chocó of north-western Ecuador, western Colombia and eastern Panama, and the short-billed antwren (M. (ignota) obscura) is found in the Amazon of north-eastern Peru, eastern Ecuador, south-eastern Colombia and north-western Brazil. The former has sometimes been considered conspecific with the pygmy antwren, but based on voices it has been recommended treating ignota and obscura as a subspecies of a single species.[2] Both are found in the sub-canopy of humid lowland forests.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Myrmotherula ignota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Isler, M. L, & Isler, P. R. (2003). Species limits in the pygmy antwren (Myrmotherula brachyura) complex (Aves: Passerif ormes: Thamnophilidae): 1. The taxonomic status of Myrmotherula brachyura ignota. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116(1): 23-28.
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