Stripe-backed antbird

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]

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

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Myrmorchilus strigilatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  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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