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Myrmoborus
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Myrmoborus is a genus of passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae.
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Myrmoborus | |
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Black-faced antbird (Myrmoborus myotherinus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: | Myrmoborus Cabanis & Heine, 1860 |
Type species | |
Pithys leucophrys Tschudi, 1844 |
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The genus was erected by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine in 1860 with the white-browed antbird as the type species.[1][2] The genus name is a combination of two Greek words: murmos, meaning "ant" and -boros (from "bibros"), meaning "-devouring".[3]
The genus contains five species:[4]
- White-browed antbird, Myrmoborus leucophrys (Tschudi, 1844)
- Ash-breasted antbird, Myrmoborus lugubris (Cabanis, 1847)
- Black-tailed antbird, Myrmoborus melanurus (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1866)
- Black-faced antbird, Myrmoborus myotherinus (Spix, 1825)
- White-lined antbird, Myrmoborus lophotes (Hellmayr & Seilern, 1914)
The white-lined antbird was previously placed in the genus Percnostola but a genetic study published in 2013 found that it is embedded within Myrmoborus.[5]