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Pygmy Antwren
Myrmotherula brachyura (Hermann, 1783)
Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
Pygmy Antwren, Myrmotherula brachyura, is a passerine of Amazonia in South America, where it breeds across the Amazon Basin. It belongs to the antbird family and was first described by Hermann in 1783. A very small bird with a tiny tail, it is placed in the genus Myrmotherula and is the only member of its kind. Its range runs through lowland forest in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and northern Bolivia, with records also from Mato Grosso. It uses canopy and subcanopy forest, including secondary growth and forest edges.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: Amazonia
