antwren

[ ant-ren ]

noun

1. any of several small antbirds, especially of the genus Myrmotherula.

Word History and Origins

Origin of antwren¹

First recorded in 1815–25; ant + wren

Example Sentences

The book includes photographs of 515 species, including the yellow-footed, cantankerous-looking Phillipine eagle and Brazil’s chubby black-hooded antwren, a tiny bird that was rediscovered in 1987 after going unrecorded for more than a century.

From Washington Post

The endangered birds include the black-hooded antwren, the cherry-throated tanager, the fringe-backed fire-eye and the southeastern rufous-vented ground-cuckoo.

From New York Times

There are three species that fall into this specialized group: helmeted pygmy-tyrant, black-headed antbird and an undescribed Herpsilochmus antwren.

From New York Times

It seems likely that the entire range of this antwren will be between the Putumayo and Napo Rivers on these small hills here in northeastern Peru north of the Amazon River.

From New York Times