Ash-breasted Antbird

The ash-breasted antbird (Myrmoborus lugubris) is an insectivorous bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. == Taxonomy and systematics == The ash-breasted antbird was described by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1847 and given the binomial name Myrmonax lugubris. Its current genus Myrmoborus was introduced in 1860. The ash-breasted antbird has these four subspecies: M. l. berlepschi (Hellmayr, 1910) M. l. stictopterus Todd, 1927 M. l. femininus (Hellmayr, 1910) M. l. lugubris (Cabanis, 1847) == Description == The ash-breasted antbird is 12 to 13.5 cm (4.7 to 5.3 in) long and weighs 20 to 23 g (0.71 to 0.81 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies M. l. lugubris have mostly gray upperparts with a whitish forehead. Their face and throat are black. Their underparts are grayish white. Adult females have mostly rufescent-tinged brown upperparts, wings, and tail with small buff tips on their wing coverts. Their throat is white and the rest of their underparts are mostly whitish with olivaceous flanks. Both sexes have a red iris and gray legs and feet. Males have a black bill; females have a black maxilla and a gray mandible.…