Black-and-white Antbird
Myrmochanes hemileucus(Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1866)
English (US) Black-and-white Antbird
The Black-and-white Antbird (Myrmochanes hemileucus) 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: Amazon river islands (northeastern Ecuador to northern Bolivia and western Brazil)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Myrmochanes hemileucus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-and-white Antbird
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1866)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hypocnemis hemileuca
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1866)
- Type locality
- lower 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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