Myrmotherula
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Paraná ant hats ( Myrmotherula unicolor ) |
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Myrmotherula is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds (Passeriformes) fromthe ant bird family (Thamnophilidae).
Together with Epinecrophylla , this genus represents the “typical” ant hatchers : small, short-tailed ant birds in the undergrowth, mostly in mixed hunting communities. Most are found in lowland forests. They are difficult to make out in the dark, dense undergrowth, and the sound often leads to identification.
The generic name was introduced by Philip Sclater in 1858. The type species of the genus is Myrmotherula brachyura .
He is a diminutive of "Myrmothera" and comes from ancient Greek μυρμος murmos , German 'ant' and ancient Greek θηρας thēras , German 'hunter' and means "little ant hunter".
distribution
The species of the genus Myrmotherula occur exclusively in the Neotropics ( Latin America ).
Systematics
Based on molecular genetic studies in 2012, two species were relocated to a new genus Isleria . The genus Myrmotherula forms a paraphyletic group with respect to the genera Formicivora , Myrmochanes , Stymphalornis and Terenura .
species
The genus Myrmotherula is currently assigned to 26 species .
- Myrmotherula ambigua - yellow-throated ant hatchers
- Myrmotherula assimilis - Varzea ant panties
- Myrmotherula axillaris - White-flanked ant hatchers
- Myrmotherula behni - gray- winged ant hatchers
- Myrmotherula brachyura - Eastern white-throated ant hatchers
- Myrmotherula cherriei - white stripes ant hatchers
- Myrmotherula fluminensis - Rio de Janeiro ant hatchers
- Myrmotherula grisea - Yunga ant panties
- Myrmotherula gularis - pearl-throated ant hatchers
- Myrmotherula ignota - Western white-throated ant hatchers
- Myrmotherula iheringi - Ihering ant panties
- Myrmotherula klagesi - Rio Negro ant hats
- Myrmotherula longicauda - white-bellied ant hatchers
- Myrmotherula longipennis - silver ant hatchers
- Myrmotherula menetriesii - Pale gray ant hatchers
- Myrmotherula minor - Salvadoran ant panties
- Myrmotherula multostriata - Amazon barbel ant panties
- Myrmotherula obscura - short-billed ant hatchers
- Myrmotherula pacifica - Western barley ant panties
- Myrmotherula schisticolor - highland ant panties
- Myrmotherula sclateri - yellow-stripe ant hatchers
- Myrmotherula snowi - Alagoasa ant panties
- Myrmotherula sunensis - Small silver ant panties
- Myrmotherula surinamensis - Guiana stick ant panties
- Myrmotherula unicolor - Paraná ant panties
- Myrmotherula urosticta - Black banded ant hats
Individual evidence
- ^ Myrmotherula , in Avibase - The World Bird Database. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ^ M. McMullan: Field Guide to the Birds of Colombia Rey Naranjo Editores, 2018, ISBN 978-958-8969-77-0
- ↑ P. Sclater: Genus II. Myrmotherula. In: Synopsis of the American Ant-birds (Formicariidae). Part II containing the Formicivorinae or Ant-wrens . In: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London , Volume 26, pp. 234, 1858, Biodiversity Library
- ^ JA Jobling: A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford University Press. 1991. ISBN 0-19-854634-3 .
- Jump up ↑ D. Winkler, S. Billerman and I. Lovette: Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae), version 1.0. In: S. Billerman, B. Keeney, P. Rodewald and T. Schulenberg (Eds.): Birds of the World , 2020, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. Thamnophilidae
- ↑ World Bird Names Antbirds. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
