Myrmoborus Cabanis and Heine 1859

Main Authors: Isler, Morton L., Bravo, Gustavo A., Brumfield, Robb T.
Format: info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal
Terbitan: , 2013
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5611507
Daftar Isi:
  • Myrmoborus Cabanis and Heine, 1859 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.
  • Published as part of 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, pp. 469-497 in Zootaxa 3717 (4) on page 491, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3717.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/218387