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 NR    Short-billed Antwren* Id (Atlas):
    Myrmotherula obscura

Description (10)
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Family
Thamnophilidae (Typical Antbirds)

Size
8 cm

First Described (Guide)
Zimmer, 1932

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)
Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

South-central and eastern Colombia (locally along base of Andes southern from Meta, and in Guianí­a and Vaupés), eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru (south to Pasco and Ucayali), and south-western and west-central Amazonian Brazil (extreme south-western south to north-western Acre, and east-central Amazonas along R Solimíµes).
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2012).

Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
Myrmotherula brachyura (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) was split into Pygmy Antwren (Myrmotherula brachyura) and Moustached Antwren (Myrmotherula ignota) following Stotz et al. (1996). This treatment has been further revised by SACC (2005) who include Short-billed Antwren (Myrmotherula obscura) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993), within Moustached Antwren (Myrmotherula ignota).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Moustached Antwren (Myrmotherula ignota).

No subspecies.


References
See References.


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