Myrmoborus Cabanis and Heine, 1859

Isler, Morton L., Bravo, Gustavo A. & Brumfield, Robb T., 2013, Taxonomic revision of Myrmeciza (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae) into 12 genera based on phylogenetic, morphological, behavioral, and ecological data, Zootaxa 3717 (4), pp. 469-497 : 491

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3717.4.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5611507

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scientific name

Myrmoborus Cabanis and Heine, 1859
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Myrmoborus Cabanis and Heine, 1859 View in CoL

Type species. Pithys leucophrys Tschudi, 1844 .

Included species. Myrmoborus melanurus (Sclater and Salvin) . BLACK-TAILED ANTBIRD.

Myrmoborus lophotes (Hellmayr and Seilern) . WHITE-LINED ANTBIRD.

Myrmoborus myotherinus (Spix) . BLACK-FACED ANTBIRD.

Myrmoborus leucophrys (Tschudi) . WHITE-BROWED ANTBIRD.

Myrmoborus lugubris (Cabanis) . ASH-BREASTED ANTBIRD.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other genera in the longipes clade by plumage. Males all blackish with white wing covert edges or gray with distinctive black mask; most females with similar mask. Bill wide relative to length. Differs from Pyriglena in tail length and bill length proportions. Domed-shaped nest differs from nest of Myrmeciza .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Thamnophilidae

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