Silvery-flanked antwren

The silvery-flanked antwren (Myrmotherula luctuosa) is an insectivorous bird in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. It is found in the coastal region of central Brazil.

Silvery-flanked antwren
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Myrmotherula
Species:
M. luctuosa
Binomial name
Myrmotherula luctuosa
Pelzeln, 1868

The silvery-flanked antwren is 9–10 cm (3.5–3.9 in) in length. The male is grey above with a black throat and belly. The female has a pale grey head, olive-grey back, brown wings and ochre underparts.[2]

This species was described by the Austrian ornithologist August von Pelzeln in 1868 and given its current binomial name Myrmotherula luctuosa.[3] It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the white-flanked antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris).[2] The species is monotypic.[4]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Myrmotherula luctuosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103657471A112309679.en.
  2. del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N.; Kirwan, G.M. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Silvery-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula luctuosa)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. von Pelzeln, August (1868). Zur Ornithologie Brasiliens : Resultate von Johann Natterers Reisen in den Jahren 1817 bis 1835 (in German and Latin). Volume 2. Wien: A. Pichler's Witwe & Sohn. pp. 82, 153.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
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