''Myrmoborus'' is a
genus of
passerine birds in the
antbird family, Thamnophilidae.
The genus was erected by the German ornithologists
Jean Cabanis and
Ferdinand Heine in 1860 with the
white-browed antbird as the
type species. The genus name is a combination of two
Greek words: ''murmos'', meaning "ant" and ''-boros'' (from "bibros"), meaning "-devouring".
The genus contains five species:
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White-browed antbird, ''Myrmoborus leucophrys''
(Tschudi Tschudi (variants: Schudy, Shoudy, Shudi, Schudi, Tschudy) is a surname common in the Canton of Glarus, Switzerland.
History
The Tschudi name can be traced back to 870. After Glarus joined the Swiss Confederation in 1352, various members of the fa ...
, 1844)
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Ash-breasted antbird, ''Myrmoborus lugubris''
(Cabanis Cabanis is the surname of:
* George Cabanis (1815-1892), American politician
*Jean Cabanis (1816–1906), German ornithologist
* José Cabanis (1922–2000), French writer, historian and magistrate
*Pierre Jean George Cabanis
Pierre Jean Georges ...
, 1847)
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Black-tailed antbird, ''Myrmoborus melanurus''
( Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1866)
*
Black-faced antbird, ''Myrmoborus myotherinus''
( Spix, 1825)
*
White-lined antbird, ''Myrmoborus lophotes''
(Hellmayr
Carl Eduard Hellmayr (29 January 1878 in Vienna, Austria – 24 February 1944 in Orselina, Switzerland) was an Austrian ornithologist.
Biography
Hellmayr was born in Vienna and studied at the University of Vienna, although he did not complete hi ...
& Seilern, 1914)
The white-lined antbird was previously placed in the genus ''
Percnostola
''Percnostola'' is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae.
The genus was erected by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine in 1860. The type species is the black-headed antbird. The name of the ...
'' but a genetic study published in 2013 found that it is embedded within ''Myrmoborus''.
References
Birds of the Amazon rainforest
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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