Sclater's antwren

Sclater's antwren
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Myrmotherula
Species: M. sclateri
Binomial name
Myrmotherula sclateri
Snethlage, 1912

The Sclater's antwren (Myrmotherula sclateri) is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The common name and the Latin binomial commemorates the British zoologist Philip Lutley Sclater.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Myrmotherula sclateri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 304.
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