Silvery-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula luctuosa)
About the Silvery-flanked Antwren
The silvery-flanked antwren (Myrmotherula luctuosa) is an insectivorous bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is endemic to Brazil. The silvery-flanked antwren was described by the Austrian ornithologist August von Pelzeln in 1868 and given its current binomial name Myrmotherula luctuosa. Since its initial description, the white-flanked antwren's taxonomy is unsettled. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World treat it as Pelzeln did, as a monotypic species. However, the North and South American Classification Committees of the American Ornithological Society and the Clements taxonomy consider it a subspecies of the white-flanked antwren (M. axillaris).
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 99 recordings for this species: 78 CC BY-NC-SA · 21 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Brazil in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Amazonian Streaked AntwrenMyrmotherula multostriatarecording
- Grey AntwrenMyrmotherula menetriesiirecording
- Long-winged AntwrenMyrmotherula longipennisrecording
- Moustached AntwrenMyrmotherula ignotarecording
- Pacific AntwrenMyrmotherula pacificarecording
- Plain-winged AntwrenMyrmotherula behnirecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.