Myrmoborus


Myrmoborus is a genus of passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae.
The genus was erected by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine in 1860 with the white-browed antbird as the type species. The genus name is a combination of two Greek words: murmos, meaning "ant" and -boros, meaning "-devouring".
The genus contains five species:
ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
White-browed antbirdMyrmoborus leucophrysAmazonia
Ash-breasted antbirdMyrmoborus lugubrisbanks of the Amazon river
Black-tailed antbirdMyrmoborus melanurusbanks of upper Amazon river
Black-faced antbirdMyrmoborus myotherinusAmazonia
White-lined antbirdMyrmoborus lophotessouthwestern Amazonia

The white-lined antbird was previously placed in the genus Percnostola but a genetic study published in 2013 found that it is embedded within Myrmoborus.