Myrmoderus
| Myrmoderus | |
|---|---|
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| White-bibbed antbird (Myrmoderus loricatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Myrmoderus Ridgway, 1909 |
| Type species | |
| Myiothera loricata[1] Lichtenstein, 1823
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Myrmoderus is a genus of
Thamnophilidae
.
The genus contains five species:[2]
- Ferruginous-backed antbird (Myrmoderus ferrugineus)
- Cordillera Azul antbird (Myrmoderus eowilsoni)
- Scalloped antbird (Myrmoderus ruficauda)
- White-bibbed antbird (Myrmoderus loricatus)
- Squamate antbird (Myrmoderus squamosus)
The Cordillera Azul antbird was first described in 2018.monophyletic genera four species were moved to the resurrected genus Myrmoderus.[2] The genus had originally been erected in 1909 by the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway with the white-bibbed antbird as the type species.[5]
References
- ^ "Thamnophilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- .
- PMID 26176119.
- ^ Ridgway, Robert (1909). "New genera, species and subspecies of Formicariidae, Furnariidae, and Dendrocolaptidae". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 22: 69-74 [70].