Cherrie's antwren

Cherrie's antwren
	male at Anavilhanas National Park, Novo Airão, Amazonas state, Brazil
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thamnophilidae
Genus:	Myrmotherula
Species:	M. cherriei
Binomial name
	Myrmotherula cherriei; Berlepsch & Hartert, 1902

The Cherrie's antwren (Myrmotherula cherriei) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in southern Colombia, Venezuela, northeastern Peru and northwestern Brazil.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

This bird is called Cherrie's antwren to honor the memory of American naturalist, explorer and adventurer George Cherrie.^[2] Dr. Cherrie accompanied former President Theodore Roosevelt in the famous 1913 exploration of the River of Doubt, in the Brazilian Amazon basin, which was later named Rio Roosevelt.

References

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^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 83.

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[2] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 83.

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