Biology:Band-tailed antwren

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Short description: Species of bird

Band-tailed antwren
FormicivoraWolf.jpg
Illustration (above) (lower bird Myrmotherula hauxwelli)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Myrmotherula
Species:
M. urosticta
Binomial name
Myrmotherula urosticta
(Sclater, PL, 1857)
Myrmotherula urosticta map.svg

The band-tailed antwren (Myrmotherula urosticta) is a species of insectivorous bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is endemic to Brazil . Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The band-tailed antwren was described by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1857 and given the binomial name Formicivora urosticta.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1262969 entry