Black-tailed Antbird
Myrmoborus melanurus(Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1866)
English (US) Black-tailed Antbird
The Black-tailed Antbird (Myrmoborus melanurus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Thamnophilidae (Antbirds, Antshrikes, Antwrens, and Antvireos) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: tropical northeastern Peru and adjacent Brazil (far western Amazonas)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Myrmoborus melanurus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Black-tailed Antbird
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1866)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hypocnemis melanura
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1866)
- Type locality
- Cashaboya [= Cashiboya], and upper Rio Ucayali, Peru.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866, pt.2 p.186
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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