Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Dutch | Pelzelns Miersluiper |
English | Leaden Antwren |
English (United States) | Leaden Antwren |
French | Myrmidon plombé |
French (France) | Myrmidon plombé |
German | Várzeaameisenschlüpfer |
Japanese | ネズミヒメアリサザイ |
Norwegian | blymaursmett |
Polish | mrówiaczek szary |
Portuguese (Brazil) | choquinha-da-várzea |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Choquinha-das-várzeas |
Russian | Варзейский муравьелов |
Slovak | pralesníček riečny |
Spanish | Hormiguerito Plomizo |
Spanish (Mexico) | Leaden Antwren |
Spanish (Peru) | Hormiguerito Plomizo |
Spanish (Spain) | Hormiguerito plomizo |
Swedish | ljusbukig myrsmyg |
Turkish | Kurşuni Karıncaçıvgını |
Ukrainian | Кадук сірий |
Leaden Antwren Myrmotherula assimilis
Version: 1.0 — Published June 30, 2011
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Systematics
Geographic Variation
Two subspecies recognized:
assimilis Pelzeln 1869; type locality Borba; Pojares, Rio Negro, and Rio Amajau, Rio Negro.
The nominate subspecies occupies most of the range of the species.
transamazonica Gyldenstolpe 1951; type locality Urucurituba, Rio Amazon (opposite Santarém), Pará, Brazil
Found along the Amazon near the Rio Tapajos, Brazil. "Distinguished by its larger dimensions, the wings being particularly longer and the bill somewhat longer and heavier, as well as broader at the base ... The gray color of the dorsal parts is lighter than that of the nominate form. The females have also a distinct white, concealed white interscapular patch, and the dimensions also are larger than those of M. a. assimilis" (Gyldenstlope 1951: 198).
Subspecies
Related Species
The phylogenetic relationships of Myrmotherula assimilis to other species are poorly known. Implicitly classified as related to other "gray antwrens" in Myrmotherula. Limited genetic evidence (from protein electrophoresis) indicates that assimilis is not a Myrmotherula at all, however, but instead is a member of a clade that also includes Thamnophilus (antshrikes), Dysithamnus (antvireos), and Herpsilochmus (antwrens) (Hackett and Rosenberg 1990).