Myrmoderus Ridgway, 1909
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3717.4.3 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5611484 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5A6887F0-FF94-3D19-818E-E7565671FA11 |
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Plazi |
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Myrmoderus Ridgway, 1909 |
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Type species. Myiothera loricata Lichtenstein, 1823 .
Included species. Myrmoderus ferrugineus (Müller) . FERRUGINOUS-BACKED ANTBIRD.
Myrmoderus loricatus ( Lichtenstein) . WHITE-BIBBED ANTBIRD.
Myrmoderus ruficauda (Wied) . SCALLOPED ANTBIRD.
Myrmoderus squamosus (Pelzeln) . SQUAMATE ANTBIRD.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other genera in Pyriglenini by scalloped underparts of males (solid black in ferruginea ), black ear covert patches, extensively rufous brown plumage, and broadly tipped blackish wing coverts. Open cup nests on ground, loudsongs consisting of doublets, and flicking tail movements distinguish Myrmoderus from other clades in Pyriglenini except Hylophylax clade. Proportionately long tail and slender bill identified by Ridgway as generic characters apply only to loricatus and squamosus .
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