Biology:Pearly antshrike
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Short description: Species of bird
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Megastictus Ridgway, 1909 |
| Species: | M. margaritatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Megastictus margaritatus (PL Sclater, 1855)
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The pearly antshrike (Megastictus margaritatus) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is monotypic within the genus Megastictus.[2] It is found in Brazil , Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[1]
The pearly antshrike was described by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1855 and given the binomial name Myrmeciza margaritatus.[3] The genus Megastictus was erected by the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway in 1909.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2016). "Megastictus margaritatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22701352A93825469. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22701352A93825469.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22701352/93825469. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ "ITIS Report: Megastictus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=557872.
- ↑ Sclater, Philip L. (1854). "Descriptions of six new species of birds of the subfamily Formicarinae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 22 (275): 253–255 [253] Plate 71. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1854.tb07273.x. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747676. The title page gives the year 1854 but the volume was not published until the following year.
- ↑ Ridgway, Robert (1909). "New genera, species and subspecies of Formicariidae, Furnariidae, and Dendrocolaptidae". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 22: 69–74 [69]. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329964.
Wikidata ☰ Q930693 entry
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