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Black-tailed antbird
Myrmoborus melanurus - Black tailed antbird (male); Iquitos, Peru.jpg
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Genus:
Myrmoborus
Species:
melanurus
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The black-tailed antbird (Myrmoborus melanurus) is a species of antbird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is endemic to Peru and Brazil.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps, which is threatened by habitat loss.

The black-tailed antbird was described by the English ornithologists Philip Sclater and Osbert Salvin in 1866 and given the binomial name Hypocmenis melanurus.

See also

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