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Goeldi's antbird
Akletos goeldii - Goeldi's antbird (male).jpg
Akletos goeldii - Goeldi's antbird (female).jpg
male above, female below
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Genus:
Akletos
Species:
goeldii
Akletos goeldii map.svg
Synonyms

Myrmeciza goeldii

Goeldi's antbird (Akletos goeldii) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Goeldi's antbird was previously placed in the genus Myrmeciza. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that Myrmeciza, as then defined, was polyphyletic. In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera this species was moved to the resurrected genus Akletos which had been introduced by the Polish ornithologist Andrzej Dunajewski in 1948.

See also

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