Myrmotherula
Sign in to saveMyrmotherula is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. These are all small antbirds, measuring .
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThamnophilidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 54
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Thamnophilidae
- Collections
- CLO, UNICAMP, LSUMZ, ASNHC, FMNH, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Peru, Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Thamnophilidae
- Image
- Myrmotherula brachyura - Pigmy antwren.JPG
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- Myrmotherula
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- Myrmotherula
- topic's main category
- Category:Myrmotherula
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- Myrmotherula
- taxon range
- Brazil
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Myrmotherula is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. These are all small antbirds, measuring .
==Taxonomy== The genus Myrmotherula was erected by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1858. The type species is the pygmy antwren. Myrmotherula is a diminutive of the name Myrmothera that had been introduced in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Vieillot for the antpittas. Myrmothera combines the Ancient Greek μυρμος/murmos meaning "ant" with -θηρας/-thēras meaning "hunter".
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