Biology:Sclater's antwren

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Short description: Species of bird

Sclater's antwren
Myrmotherula sclateri Sclater's Antwren; Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Myrmotherula
Species:
M. sclateri
Binomial name
Myrmotherula sclateri
Snethlage, 1912
Myrmotherula sclateri map.svg

Sclater's antwren (Myrmotherula sclateri) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in the Amazon Basin.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The common name and the Latin binomial commemorates the British zoologist Philip Lutley Sclater.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Myrmotherula sclateri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22701436A93829346. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22701436A93829346.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22701436/93829346. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 304. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1258904 entry