Biology:Pearly antshrike

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Short description: Species of bird

Pearly antshrike
Megastictus margaritatus - Pearly Antshrike (male), Novo Airão, Amazonas, Brazil.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Megastictus
Ridgway, 1909
Species:
M. margaritatus
Binomial name
Megastictus margaritatus
(PL Sclater, 1855)
Megastictus margaritatus map.svg
Pearly Antshrike

The pearly antshrike (Megastictus margaritatus) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is monotypic within the genus Megastictus.[2] It is found in Brazil , Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[1]

The pearly antshrike was described by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1855 and given the binomial name Myrmeciza margaritatus.[3] The genus Megastictus was erected by the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway in 1909.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q930693 entry