Myrmelastes Sclater, 1858
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3717.4.3 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5611496 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5A6887F0-FF89-3D04-818E-E290576AFC46 |
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Plazi |
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Myrmelastes Sclater, 1858 |
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Type Species. Thamnophilus hyperythrus Sclater, 1855 .
Included species. Myrmelastes saturatus (Salvin) . RORAIMAN ANTBIRD.
Myrmelastes schistaceus (Sclater) . SLATE-COLORED ANTBIRD.
Myrmelastes hyperythrus (Sclater) . PLUMBEOUS ANTBIRD.
Myrmelastes rufifacies (Hellmayr) . RUFOUS-FACED ANTBIRD.
Myrmelastes brunneiceps (Zimmer) . BROWNISH-HEADED ANTBIRD.
Myrmelastes humaythae (Hellmayr) . HUMAITA ANTBIRD.
Myrmelastes leucostigma (Pelzeln) . SPOT-WINGED ANTBIRD.
Myrmelastes caurensis (Hellmayr) . CAURA ANTBIRD.
Diagnosis. Males distinguished from all other genera in Pyriglenini by plain gray plumage with darker wing coverts and white wing covert spots combined with absence of white interscapular patch. Female plumage similar to Sclateria but distinguished by gray on head or upperparts (except humaythae ) and lack of pale superciliary. Differs from Sclateria in bill proportions (bill width and depth compared to length) and tail movements.
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