White-lined antbird facts for kids
Quick facts for kids White-lined antbird |
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| at Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. | |
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Myrmoborus
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lophotes
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Percnostola lophotes |
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The white-lined antbird (Myrmoborus lophotes) is a small bird. It belongs to a bird family called Thamnophilidae. This family is known for its birds that often live in forests.
You can find the white-lined antbird in South America. It lives in countries like Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.
Where the White-lined Antbird Lives
This bird likes to live in special places. Its natural habitats are warm, wet lowland forests. These are forests that are not very high up. They get a lot of rain.
Sometimes, it also lives in forests that have been changed a lot. These are places that used to be thick forests. But they have been cut down or damaged.
About Its Family Name
This bird used to have a different scientific group name. It was once placed in the Percnostola group.
However, scientists did a special study in 2013. They looked at the bird's genes. They found out that it actually belongs with the Myrmoborus birds. So, its scientific name was updated.
