| Moustached antwren | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Myrmotherula |
| Species: | M. ignota |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrmotherula ignota Griscom, 1929 | |
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The moustached antwren (Myrmotherula ignota) is a species of small Neotropical bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It has two allopatric subspecies, both sometimes considered separate monotypic species: The Griscom's antwren (M. (i.) ignota) is found the Chocó of north-western Ecuador, western Colombia and eastern Panama, and the short-billed antwren (M. (ignota) obscura) is found in the Amazon of north-eastern Peru, eastern Ecuador, south-eastern Colombia and north-western Brazil. The former has sometimes been considered conspecific with the pygmy antwren, but based on voices it has been recommended treating ignota and obscura as a subspecies of a single species.[2] Both are found in the sub-canopy of humid lowland forests.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Myrmotherula ignota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22731673A95036748. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22731673A95036748.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ Isler, M. L, & Isler, P. R. (2003). Species limits in the pygmy antwren (Myrmotherula brachyura) complex (Aves: Passerif ormes: Thamnophilidae): 1. The taxonomic status of Myrmotherula brachyura ignota. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116(1): 23-28.
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