Dysithamnus
| Dysithamnus | |
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| Plain antvireo (Dysithamnus mentalis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Dysithamnus Cabanis, 1847 |
| Type species | |
| Myothera stictothorax[1] Temminck, 1823
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Dysithamnus is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. Species in this genus are known as antvireos.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Dysithamnus was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1847.[2] The name combines the Ancient Greek words duō "to plunge" and thamnos "bush".[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the spot-breasted antvireo.[4]
A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2020 found that the genus Dysithamnus was not monophyletic. The spot-crowned antvireo (Dysithamnus puncticeps) and the streak-crowned antvireo (Dysithamnus striaticeps) were sister to a clade containing the remaining species in the genus Dysithamnus and the antwrens in the genus Herpsilochmus.[5]
The genus contains the following eight species:[6]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Spot-breasted antvireo | Dysithamnus sticothorax | Atlantic Forest |
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Plain antvireo | Dysithamnus mentalis | Central America and northern South America |
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Streak-crowned antvireo | Dysithamnus striaticeps | Central America |
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Spot-crowned antvireo | Dysithamnus puncticeps | northern Panama and Tumbes–Chocó–Magdalena |
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Rufous-backed antvireo | Dysithamnus xanthopterus | southern Atlantic Forest |
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White-streaked antvireo | Dysithamnus leucostictus | northern Andes |
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Plumbeous antvireo | Dysithamnus plumbeus | Bahia forests |
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Bicolored antvireo | Dysithamnus occidentalis | northern Andes |
References
[edit]- ^ "Thamnophilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Cabanis, Jean (1847). "Ornithologische notizen". Archiv für Naturgeschichte (in German). 13: 186–256 [223].
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 142. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 181–182.
- ^ Harvey, M.G.; et al. (2020). "The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot". Science. 370 (6522): 1343–1348. doi:10.1126/science.aaz6970. hdl:10138/329703. A high resolution version of the phylogenetic tree in Figure 1 is available from the first author's website here.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
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