Pygmy antwren
| Pygmy antwren | |
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| at Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Myrmotherula |
| Species: | M. brachyura
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| Binomial name | |
| Myrmotherula brachyura (Hermann, 1783)
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The pygmy antwren (Myrmotherula brachyura) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae, the antbirds. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.
The pygmy antwren is a bird of the entire Amazon Basin, the Guianan region, and the southeast Orinoco River Basin in Venezuela; besides northern Brazil, it occurs in Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Myrmotherula brachyura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22733626A95060732. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22733626A95060732.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Myrmotherula
- Birds of the Amazon Basin
- Birds of the Guianas
- Birds described in 1783
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