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Myrmotherula brachyura

Includes Colombian Antwren, Moustached Antwren

Photo by lior kislev
Chino, Amazon River, Loreto, Peru, February 2010

Distribution

South America
brachyura: found in eastern Colombia to the Guianas, Amazonian Brazil and northern Bolivia
ignota: found in eastern Panama to western Colombia and north-western Ecuador

Taxonomy

In the form presented in Opus, Pygmy Antwren includes two subspecies, brachyura and ignota. A split of Moustached Antwren (=Colombian Antwren) Myrmotherula ignota from Pygmy Antwren has been proposed and is currently recognized by the Clements Checklist^[1] but not by Howard & Moore; Moustached Antwren would include Short-billed Antwren Myrmotherula obscura as a subspecies.

Habitat

Subtropical or tropical moist lowland Atlantic rainforests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. SACC proposal to change the taxonomic alignment of this taxon
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Pygmy Antwren. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pygmy_Antwren

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