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title: "Witflankmiersluiper"
description: "Myrmotherula axillaris — Vogels. The white-flanked antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris) is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the \"typical antbirds\"."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/white-flanked-antwren
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Witflankmiersluiper

> Myrmotherula axillaris — Vogels. The white-flanked antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris) is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds".

- Scientific name: *Myrmotherula axillaris*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1063
- Wikidata: [Q636532](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q636532)
- iNaturalist taxon: [15850](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/15850)

## Names

- en: White-flanked Antwren
- de: Weißflanken-Ameisenschlüpfer
- es: Hormiguerito Flanquiblanco
- fr: Myrmidon à flancs blancs
- nl: Witflankmiersluiper
- pt: Choquinha-de-flancos-brancos
- pl: Mrówiaczek białoboczny

## Countries with the most observations

BR (402), PA (150), PE (56), EC (45), CO (42), GF (39), TT (29), CR (28), BO (7), SR (6), GY (3)

## Summary

The white-flanked antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris) is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found from Honduras to Panama in Central America, in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay, and on Trinidad.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-flanked_antwren

## Photo

![Witflankmiersluiper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-flanked-antwren/medium.jpg)

Photo: filipeprates · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/368275045

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-flanked-antwren?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).