Ash-breasted antbird | |
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female (subspecies stictopterus) at Anavilhanas National Park, Novo Airão, Amazonas, Brasil | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: | Myrmoborus |
Species: | M. lugubris |
Binomial name | |
Myrmoborus lugubris (Cabanis, 1847) | |
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The ash-breasted antbird (Myrmoborus lugubris) is an insectivorous bird in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
The ash-breasted antbird was described by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1847 and given the binomial name Myrmonax lugubris. [2] The current genus Myrmoborus was introduced in 1860. [3]
Jean Louis Cabanis was a German ornithologist.
Jakob Gottlieb Ferdinand Heine was a German ornithologist and collector.
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