Myrmotherula
| Myrmotherula | |
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| Unicolored antwren | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Myrmotherula P.L. Sclater, 1858 |
| Species | |
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Myrmotherula is a genus of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. Several species previously included in this genus as the "stipple-throated group" have now been transferred to a new genus, Epinecrophylla. These are all small antbirds, measuring 9-11.5 cm (3.5-4.5 in). Myrmotherula presently contains the following species:
Streaked group:
- Pygmy antwren (Myrmotherula brachyura)
- Moustached antwren (Myrmotherula ignota)
- Griscom's antwren (Myrmotherula (ignota) ignota)
- Short-billed antwren (Myrmotherula (ignota) obscura)
- Yellow-throated antwren (Myrmotherula ambigua)
- Sclater's antwren (Myrmotherula sclateri)
- Guianan streaked antwren (Myrmotherula surinamensis)
- Amazonian streaked antwren (Myrmotherula multostriata)
- Pacific antwren (Myrmotherula pacifica)
- Cherrie's antwren (Myrmotherula cherriei)
- Klages's antwren (Myrmotherula klagesi)
- Stripe-chested antwren (Myrmotherula longicauda)
Grey group (may include Formicivora):
- White-flanked antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris)
- Slaty antwren (Myrmotherula schisticolor)
- Rio Suno antwren (Myrmotherula sunensis)
- Salvadori's antwren (Myrmotherula minor)
- Ihering's antwren (Myrmotherula iheringi)
- Rio de Janeiro antwren (Myrmotherula fluminensis)
- Plain-winged antwren (Myrmotherula behni)
- Yungas antwren (Myrmotherula grisea)
- Unicolored antwren (Myrmotherula unicolor)
- Alagoas antwren (Myrmotherula snowi)
- Long-winged antwren (Myrmotherula longipennis)
- Band-tailed antwren (Myrmotherula urosticta)
- Grey antwren (Myrmotherula menetriesii)
- Rufous-bellied antwren (Myrmotherula guttata)
- Plain-throated antwren (Myrmotherula hauxwelli)
- Leaden antwren (Myrmotherula assimilis)
References
- Isler, M., D. Lacerda, P. Isler, S. Hackett, K. Rosenberg, and R. Brumfield (2006). Epinecrophylla, a new genus of antwrens (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119(4): 522-527
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