Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thamnophilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Pacaya-Samiria, Loreto
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Madre de Dios, Loreto
Age: Adult | Sex: Males | Loc. Amazonas, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Tambopata, Madre de Dios
Status: The Plumbeous Antbird is fairly common and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 800 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Hormiguero Plomizo.
Sub-species: Plumbeous Antbird (Myrmelastes hyperythra), (P. L. Sclater), 1855.
Meaning of Name: Myrmelastes: Gr. murmēx, murmēkos= ant; lastēs= robber. hyperythra: Gr. Hupo= beneath and eruthros= red.
Formerly known as Myrmeciza hyperythra (2018).
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2017.
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