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Myrmecocichla formicivora  (Wilkes, 1817)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 916821

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Myrmecocichla formicivora (Vieillot, 1818)
  
  Common Name(s): Ant-eating Chat [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyMuscicapidae Fleming, 1822 – Old World Flycatchers, Chats  
                               GenusMyrmecocichla Cabanis, 1850  
                                  SpeciesMyrmecocichla formicivora (Wilkes, 1817) – Ant-eating Chat  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2012.01.01, website (version 01-Jan-12)  
  Acquired: 2012   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Myrmecocichla formicivora   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Clancey, P. A., and R. K. Brooke  
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title: Avian Nomenclatural Issues Arising from the Publication of Rookmaaker's The Zoological Exploration of Southern Africa 1650-1790   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Ostrich, vol. 61, no. 3-4   
  Page(s): 143-145   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0030-6525   
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  Reference for: Myrmecocichla formicivora   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Ant-eating Chat[English]   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Sometimes attributed to Vieillot, 1818, but antedated by Wilkes, 1817 (Clancey and Brooke 1990)  
 

 

    

 
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