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White-browed Antbird
Myrmoborus leucophrys (Tschudi, 1844)
Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
White-browed Antbird, Myrmoborus leucophrys, is a passerine of the antbird family in Amazonia, where it breeds across South America. It is a resident bird of the northern and southern parts of the Amazon Basin, with a gap through the central region. Its range also reaches the Guianan Shield and the Andean foothills. The species is linked to dense cover, especially near water, and uses forest edges, overgrown clearings, shrub-rich growth and Heliconia stands, with bamboo in some places. It was first described in 1844 and is placed in Thamnophilidae.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: Amazonia
