Naming
The black antbird was described by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1858 and given the binomial name "Pyriglena serva". It was formerly included in the genus "Cercomacra" but when a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that "Cercomacra" was polyphyletic, the genus was split to create two monophyletic genera and six species including the black antbird were moved to the newly erected genus "Cercomacroides".References:
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