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.
| Ash-breasted antbird | |
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| female (subspecies stictopterus) at Anavilhanas National Park, Novo Airão, Amazonas, Brasil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Myrmoborus |
| Species: | M. lugubris
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| Binomial name | |
| Myrmoborus lugubris (Cabanis, 1847)
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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]
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Myrmoborus lugubris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22701720A93845950. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22701720A93845950.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Cabanis, Jean (1847). "Ornithologische notizen". Archiv für Naturgeschichte (in German). 13: 186–256 [211].
- ^ Cabanis, Jean; Heine, Ferdinand (1860). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German and Latin). Vol. 2. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 9.
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