Black-throated Antbird
Myrmophylax atrothorax
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thamnophilidae
- Genus
- Myrmophylax
- eBird Code
- bltant2
Taxonomy Changes
Myrmeciza atrothorax → Myrmophylax atrothorax
Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.
Vocalizations
Subspecies (5)
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Myrmophylax atrothorax atrothorax
eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Amazonian Brazil (both banks of upper Amazon River and east of lower Rio Negro, eastward to Amapá)
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Myrmophylax atrothorax maynana
north-central Peru (south of Río Marañón and west of Río Huallaga)
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Myrmophylax atrothorax melanura
eastern Peru south of the Amazon River to northern Bolivia and western and central Brazil (upper regions of tributaries of the Amazon River and along lower Rio Tapajós, and eastward to south Pará and south-central Mato Grosso)
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Myrmophylax atrothorax metae
central Colombia (Meta and western Guaviare)
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Myrmophylax atrothorax tenebrosa
eastern Ecuador north of the Amazon River, northeastern Peru, and northern Brazil (west of lower Rio Negro)
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.