Stripe-backed antbird

Stripe-backed antbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Thamnophilidae
Genus:Myrmorchilus
Ridgway, 1909
Species: M. strigilatus
Binomial name
Myrmorchilus strigilatus
(Wied, 1831)

The stripe-backed antbird (Myrmorchilus strigilatus) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is monotypic within the genus Myrmorchilus.[2] It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay,[1] where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[3]

The genus Myrmorchilus was erected by the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway in 1909.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2012). "Myrmorchilus strigilatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Ridgway, Robert (1909). "New genera, species and subspecies of Formicariidae, Furnariidae, and Dendrocolaptidae". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 22: 69-74 [69-70].
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