Myrmoborus

Myrmoborus is a genus of passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae.

Myrmoborus
Black-faced antbird (Myrmoborus myotherinus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thamnophilidae
Genus:	Myrmoborus Cabanis & Heine, 1860
Type species
Pithys leucophrys Tschudi, 1844

The genus was erected by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine in 1860 with the white-browed antbird as the type species.^[1][2] The genus name is a combination of two Greek words: murmos, meaning "ant" and -boros (from "bibros"), meaning "-devouring".^[3]

The genus contains five species:^[4]

Image	Common Name	Scientific Name	Distribution
	White-browed antbird	Myrmoborus leucophrys	Amazonia
	Ash-breasted antbird	Myrmoborus lugubris	banks of the Amazon river
	Black-tailed antbird	Myrmoborus melanurus	banks of upper Amazon river
	Black-faced antbird	Myrmoborus myotherinus	Amazonia
	White-lined antbird	Myrmoborus lophotes	southwestern Amazonia

The white-lined antbird was previously placed in the genus Percnostola but a genetic study published in 2013 found that it is embedded within Myrmoborus.^[5]