Myrmoborus Cabanis and Heine, 1859
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3717.4.3 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5611507 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5A6887F0-FF8D-3D00-818E-E3DD5354FD95 |
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Plazi |
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Myrmoborus Cabanis and Heine, 1859 |
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Myrmoborus Cabanis and Heine, 1859 View in CoL
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 .
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