Ornate Antwren

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Ornate Antwren
Conservation status
Least Concern
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.

[edit] Source

• 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