Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thamnophilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Rio Azul
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Madre de Dios, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. No Data
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Madre de Dios, Peru
Status: The Pygmy Antwren is fairly common and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 1000 m along the east slope of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Hormiguerito Pigmeo.
Sub-species: Pygmy Antwren (Myrmotherula brachyura), (Hermann), 1783.
Meaning of Name: Myrmotherula: Gr. Combination word myrmothera= a genus (Velliot,1916, antpitta) Myrmotherula= diminutive of Myrmothera. brachyura: Gr. Brakhus= short and ouros, oura= tailed, tail.
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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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