- Pygmy Antwren
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Pygmy Antwren Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Thamnophilidae Genus: Myrmotherula Species: M. brachyura Binomial name Myrmotherula brachyura
(Hermann, 1783)The Pygmy Antwren (Myrmotherula brachyura) is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family, the antbirds. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.
The Pygmy Antwren is a bird of the entire Amazon Basin, the Guianan region, and the southeast Orinoco River Basin in Venezuela; besides northern Brazil, it occurs in Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
References
- BirdLife International 2006. Myrmotherula brachyura. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
External links
- Pygmy Antwren photo gallery VIREO
- Photo-High Res; Article wingsbirds–"Peru-Explornapo Lodge"
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