Biology:Black-tailed antbird

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Short description: Species of bird

Black-tailed antbird
Myrmoborus melanurus - Black tailed antbird (male); Iquitos, Peru.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Myrmoborus
Species:
M. melanurus
Binomial name
Myrmoborus melanurus
(Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1866)
Myrmoborus melanurus map.svg

The black-tailed antbird (Myrmoborus melanurus) is a species of antbird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is endemic to Peru and Brazil .

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps, which is threatened by habitat loss.

The black-tailed antbird was described by the English ornithologists Philip Sclater and Osbert Salvin in 1866 and given the binomial name Hypocmenis melanurus.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1266035 entry