Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)
Band-tailed Antwren (Myrmotherula urosticta) - HBW 8, p. 597
French: Myrmidon à queue blanche
German: Schwarzbinden-Ameisenschlüpfer
Spanish: Hormiguerito Atlántico
Taxonomy: Formicivora urosticta P. L. Sclater, 1857, eastern Brazil.
Forms a superspecies with M. longipennis; other relationships uncertain. The two are often grouped with M. axillaris, M. schisticolor, M. sunensis, M. minor, M. iheringi, M. fluminensis, M. behni, M. grisea, M. unicolor, M. snowi and M. menetriesii as the “grey antwren assemblage”, although this grouping possibly not monophyletic. Monotypic.
Distribution: Coastal E Brazil from C Bahia S to N Rio de Janeiro.
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A male moving in a tree, behind some leaves Locality Sooretama Biological Reserve, Espirito Santo State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Garry George 5 September 2001 4 years ago 7 sec 3.2 -
Male singing. Locality Ituberá, Bahia State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 26 February 2007 2 years ago 30 sec 2.5
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A male perched
Locality Veracel (Veracruz) Private Reserve, Porto Seguro, Bahia State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Arthur Grosset 2 November 2008 2 years ago 3
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Male after play-back. Locality Ituberá, Bahia State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 23 December 2007 2 years ago 4
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