Slate-colored antbird
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Myrmelastes |
| Species: | M. schistaceus
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| Myrmelastes schistaceus (Sclater, 1858)
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The slate-colored antbird (Myrmelastes schistaceus) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
The slate-colored antbird was described by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1858 and given the binomial name Hypnocmenis schistacea.[2]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Myrmelastes schistaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22701755A93848101. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22701755A93848101.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Sclater, Philip L. (1858). "Synopsis of the American ant-birds (Formicariidae). Part II containing the Formicivorinae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 26: 232–254 [252]. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1858.tb06370.x.
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