| Myrmoborus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Black-faced antbird (Myrmoborus myotherinus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Myrmoborus Cabanis & Heine, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Pithys leucophrys Tschudi, 1844 | |
Myrmoborus is a genus of passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae.
The genus was erected by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine in 1860 with the white-browed antbird as the type species. [1] [2] The genus name is a combination of two Greek words: murmos, meaning "ant" and -boros (from "bibros"), meaning "-devouring". [3]
The genus contains five species: [4]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | White-browed antbird | Myrmoborus leucophrys | Amazonia |
 | Ash-breasted antbird | Myrmoborus lugubris | banks of the Amazon river |
 | Black-tailed antbird | Myrmoborus melanurus | banks of upper Amazon river |
 | Black-faced antbird | Myrmoborus myotherinus | Amazonia |
 | White-lined antbird | Myrmoborus lophotes | southwestern Amazonia |
The white-lined antbird was previously placed in the genus Percnostola but a genetic study published in 2013 found that it is embedded within Myrmoborus. [5]
