Black-faced Antbird

SCI Name:  Myrmoborus myotherinus
Protonym:  Thamnophilus myotherinus Av.Sp.Nov.Brasil. 2 p.30 pl.42 fig.1
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Myrmoborus
Taxonomy Code:  blfant2
Type Locality:  no locality given = Fonte Boa, Rio Solimoes, suggested as type locality by Berlepsch and Hartert, Nov. Zool., 9, 1902, p. 78.
Author:  von Spix
Publish Year:  1825
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MYRMOBORUS
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ White-browed Antbird M. leucophrys) Gr. μυρμος murmos  ant; -βορος -boros  -devouring  < βιβρωσκω bibrōskō  to eat up; "Gen. MYRMOBORUS **) Nob. — Bastard-Manikup.   28.  1. M. leucophrys Nob.   Pithys leucophrys Tsch. Consp. p. 18. 97. — Faun. Per. p. 176. t. 11. 2. — Dasycephala leucophrys Gray Gen. B. I. p. 208. — Myrmonax leucophrys Cab. O. N. p. 211. — Hypocnemis leucophrys Scl. B. Bogot. p. 18. — Id. Syn. Form. II. p. 22.   ...   29.  2. M. obscurus nov. sp.  ...  Cayenne   ...   **) Von μυρμος (Ameise) und βιβρωσκω (fressen).  Typus der Gattung ist der vielfach umhergeworfene Pithys leucophrys, und es gehören ferner dahin:  3. M. myotherinus.— Thamnophilus myiotherinus ♂ Spix;  4. M. lugubris.—Thamnophilus myiotherinus ♀ Spix.—Lanius lugubris Jll.;  5. M. angustirostris.—Conopophaga angustirostris Cab.—Pithys erythrophrys Scl." (Cabanis & Heine 1859).
Synon. Malurio.

myotherinus
Gr. μυιοθηρας muiothēras  fly-hunter  < μυια muia, μυιας muias  fly; -θηρας -thēras  hunter  < θηραω thēraō  to hunt  < θηρ thēr, θηρος thēros  beast, animal.

SUBSPECIES

Black-faced Antbird (elegans)
SCI Name: Myrmoborus myotherinus elegans
elegans
L. elegans, elegantis  elegant, fine  < elegere probably an early form of eligere   to select.
● ex “Pic jaune tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 524 (Celeus).
● ex “Bucco maynanensis” of Brisson 1760, “Barbu des Maynas” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 330, “Beau Tamatia” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Beautiful Barbet” of Latham 1782 (syn. Eubucco versicolor).
● ex “Perdix martineta” of de Azara 1802-1805 (Eudromia).
● ex “Tangara de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 114, fig. 1 (syn. Euphonia chlorotica).
● ex “Beautiful Lory” of Latham 1781, ?and “Pennantian Parrot” of Latham 1787 (Platycercus).
● ex “Kink de la Chine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 617 (syn. Sturnia sinensis).

Black-faced Antbird (myotherinus)
SCI Name: Myrmoborus myotherinus myotherinus
myotherinus
Gr. μυιοθηρας muiothēras  fly-hunter  < μυια muia, μυιας muias  fly; -θηρας -thēras  hunter  < θηραω thēraō  to hunt  < θηρ thēr, θηρος thēros  beast, animal.

Black-faced Antbird (incanus)
SCI Name: Myrmoborus myotherinus incanus
incanus
L. incanus  light-grey, hoary, quite grey.
 

Black-faced Antbird (ardesiacus)
SCI Name: Myrmoborus myotherinus ardesiacus
ardesiaca / ardesiacea / ardesiacus
Mod. L. ardesiacus  slate-coloured, slaty  < French ardoisé  slate-grey.

Black-faced Antbird (proximus)
SCI Name: Myrmoborus myotherinus proximus
proxima / proximus
L. proximus  very near, nearest, most like  < super. propior, propioris  nearer  < comp. prope  near.

Black-faced Antbird (sororius)
SCI Name: Myrmoborus myotherinus sororius
sororia / sororius
L. sororius  of a sister, sisterly  < soror, sororis  sister (i.e. closely related).
● "Aimophila² ruficeps sororia. LAGUNA SPARROW.  ... ² I am at present unable to discover any characters sufficient to separate Peucæa from Aimophila, unless the former be restricted to P. æstivalis, P. botteri, and P. cassini. Aimophila ruficeps is connected with the type (A. ruficauda) by such intermediate species as A. mcleodi, which Mr. Brewster described as an Aimophila and Messrs. Salvin and Godman as a Peucæa (P. megarhyncha)" (Ridgway 1898) (subsp. Aimophila ruficeps).
● "♂ mari M. gutturalis, Scl. et Salv., simillimus  ... Peut-être la M. sororia est-elle encore plus proche de la M. spodionota, Scl. et Salv., de l'Équateur oriental, ou même identique" (von Berlepsch & Sztolcman 1894) (subsp. Epinecrophylla spodionota).
● "G. G. regulo dicta cui forma similis affinis" (von Berlepsch & Sztolcman 1901) (subsp. Grallaria guatimalensis).
● "Similar to H. f. aurigularis ... but males with throat paler yellow" (Zimmer 1947) (subsp. Hemithraupis flavicollis).
● "This is a northern representative of L. nematura of the wood-region of Brazil, and is closely allied to that species" (P. Sclater & Salvin 1873) (subsp. Lochmias nematura).
● "Much like M. m. melanolaema [= syn. Myrmoborus myotherinus] Scl. ... but averaging smaller" (Hellmayr 1910) (subsp. Myrmoborus myotherinus).
● "The Sphenocercus I should like to stand as S. sororius, from its close affinity to S. sieboldii" (Swinhoe 1866) (subsp. Treron sieboldii).
● "This form comes nearest to D. rostripallens [= syn. Xiphorhynchus guttatus guttatoides] Des Murs of Upper Amazonia" (von Berlepsch & Hartert 1902) (syn. Xiphorhynchus guttatus polystictus).

Black-faced Antbird (ochrolaemus)
SCI Name: Myrmoborus myotherinus ochrolaemus
ochrolaema / ochrolaemus
Gr. ωχρος ōkhros  pale-yellow; ωχρα ōkhra  yellow-ochre; λαιμος laimos  throat.