White-flanked Antwren

Myrmotherula axillaris - Myrmidon à flancs blancs

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Thamnophilidés
Genus
:
Myrmotherula
Species
:
axillaris

Descriptor

Vieillot, 1817

Biometrics

Size
: 10 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 7 à 9 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

White-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris) is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

Myrmotherula axillaris axillaris (Venezuela, the Guianas, ne Brazil and Trinidad)
Myrmotherula axillaris albigula (se Honduras to w Colombia and w Ecuador)
Myrmotherula axillaris melaena (nw Amazonia)
Myrmotherula axillaris heterozyga (e Peru and w Brazil)
Myrmotherula axillaris fresnayana (se Peru and nw Bolivia)

Foreign names

Myrmidon à flancs blancs,
Hormiguerito flanquialbo,
choquinha-de-flancos-brancos,
Weißflanken-Ameisenschlüpfer,
kormos hangyászökörszem,
Witflankmiersluiper,
Scricciolo formichiero fianchibianchi,
vitsidig myrsmyg,
Hvitflankemaursmett,
pralesníček bieloboký,
mravenčík běloboký,
Hvidflanket Myresmutte,
valkokuvemuuranen,
formigueret de flancs blancs,
mrówiaczek białoboczny,
Белобокая крапивниковая муравьеловка,
ワキジロヒメアリサザイ,
白胁蚁鹩,
vitsidig myrsmyg,
白脇蟻鷯,

Voice song and call

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

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Sources of information

Birds of Venezuela, Steven L. Hilty
Birds of Colombia, Steven L. Hilty and William L. Brown
Birds of Peru, Thomas S.Schulenberg, Douglas F.Stotz, Daniel F.Lane, John P.O'Neill, Theodore A.Parker III
A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil, Ber Van Perlo
Handbook of the Birds of the World Vol 16, Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, David Christie
Avibase, Lepage Denis
HBW Alive,
Wikipedia (English version),
IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest