Myrmoborus
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| Myrmoborus | |
|---|---|
| File:Myrmoborus myotherinus -NBII Image Gallery-a00077.jpg | |
| Black-faced antbird (Myrmoborus myotherinus) | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Myrmoborus Cabanis & Heine, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Pithys leucophrys Tschudi, 1844
| |
Myrmoborus is a genus of passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae.
The genus was erected by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine in 1860 with the white-browed antbird as the type species.[1][2] The genus name is a combination of two Greek words: murmos, meaning "ant" and -boros (from "bibros"), meaning "-devouring".[3]
The genus contains five species:[4]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Myrmoborus leucophrys - White-browed antbird (male).jpg | White-browed antbird | Myrmoborus leucophrys | Amazonia |
| File:Myrmoborus lugubris stictopterus - Ash-breasted Antbird (female); Anavilhanas islands, Novo Airão; Amazonas, Brazil.jpg | Ash-breasted antbird | Myrmoborus lugubris | banks of the Amazon river |
| File:Myrmoborus melanurus - Black tailed antbird (male); Iquitos, Peru.jpg | Black-tailed antbird | Myrmoborus melanurus | banks of upper Amazon river |
| File:Myrmoborus myotherinus ardesiacus - Black-faced Antbird (male).jpg | Black-faced antbird | Myrmoborus myotherinus | Amazonia |
| File:Percnostola (Myrmoborus) lophotes - White-lined antbird.jpg | White-lined antbird | Myrmoborus lophotes | southwestern Amazonia |
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The white-lined antbird was previously placed in the genus Percnostola but a genetic study published in 2013 found that it is embedded within Myrmoborus.[5]
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