Myrmotherula axillaris [melaena or albigula] (White-flanked Antwren (Black-backed))

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White-flanked Antwren (Black-backed)

Myrmotherula axillaris [melaena or albigula] (= Myrmotherula axillaris melaena) (Sclater, PL 1857)

Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Thamnophilidae
Genus:
   Myrmotherula
Scientific:
  Myrmotherula axillaris melaena

Original description

Citation:
(Sclater, PL 1857)

Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London pt.25, no.335 p.130

Imprint year:
1857

Protonym:
Formicivora melaena

Type locality:
Bogota, Colombia.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100996#page/142/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
FA7C9CB642A7EBF8

Avibase ID:
avibase-FA7C9CB6

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/FA7C9CB6

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 918197

English:
White-flanked Antwren [melaena or albigula]
Catalan:
formigueret de flancs blancs (melaena/albigula)
Danish:
Hvidflanket Myresmutte (Sortrygget)
German:
Weißflanken-Ameisenschlüpfer (melaena/albigula)
Spanish:
Hormiguerito Flanquialbo (Dorsinegro)
Spanish (Spain):
Hormiguerito flanquialbo (dorsinegro)
Finnish:
valkokuvemuuranen (melaena/albigula)
French:
Myrmidon à flancs blancs (melaena/albigula)
Croatian:
bjeloboka mravarica (melaena/albigula)
Dutch:
Witflankmiersluiper (melaena/albigula)
Norwegian:
hvitflankemaursmett (melaena/albigula)
Polish:
mrówiaczek białoboczny (melaena/albigula)
Portuguese (Portugal):
Choquinha-de-flancos-brancos (melaena/albigula)
Slovak:
pralesníček bieloboký (čierny)
Serbian:
Crnoleđi beloboki mravlji carić
Swedish:
vitsidig myrsmyg (melaena/albigula)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): White-flanked Antwren [melaena or albigula] ( Myrmotherula axillaris [melaena or albigula])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): White-flanked Antwren [melaena or albigula] ( Myrmotherula axillaris [melaena or albigula])
eBird version 2025: White-flanked Antwren (Black-backed) ( Myrmotherula axillaris melaena/albigula) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Myrmotherula axillaris [axillaris]

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