Ornate Antwren

Ornate Antwren
Ornate Antwren
male from Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador.
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Epinecrophylla
Species: E. ornata
Binomial name
Epinecrophylla ornata
(Sclater, 1853)

The Ornate Antwren (Epinecrophylla ornata) is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It was formerly placed in the genus Myrmotherula. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps.

References

  • BirdLife International 2004. Myrmotherula ornata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
  • Isler, M., D. Lacerda, P. Isler, S. Hackett, K. Rosenberg, and R. Brumfield (2006). Epinecrophylla, a new genus of antwrens (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119(4): 522-527