Biology:Ash-breasted antbird

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Short description: Species of bird

Ash-breasted antbird
Myrmoborus lugubris stictopterus - Ash-breasted Antbird (female); Anavilhanas islands, Novo Airão; Amazonas, Brazil.jpg
female (subspecies stictopterus) at Anavilhanas National Park, Novo Airão, Amazonas, Brasil
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Myrmoborus
Species:
M. lugubris
Binomial name
Myrmoborus lugubris
(Cabanis, 1847)
Myrmoborus lugubris map.svg

The ash-breasted antbird (Myrmoborus lugubris) is an insectivorous bird in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. It is found in Brazil , Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The ash-breasted antbird was described by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1847 and given the binomial name Myrmonax lugubris.[2] The current genus Myrmoborus was introduced in 1860.[3]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Myrmoborus lugubris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22701720A93845950. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22701720A93845950.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22701720/93845950. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. Cabanis, Jean (1847). "Ornithologische notizen" (in German). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 13: 186–256 [211]. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14785181. 
  3. Cabanis, Jean; Heine, Ferdinand (1860) (in German, Latin). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt. 2. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 9. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49587862. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1268056 entry