Hylophylax
| Hylophylax | |
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| Spot-backed antbird(Hylophylax naevius) | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Hylophylax Ridgway,1909 |
| Type species | |
| Conopophaga naevioides[1] Lafresnaye, 1847
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Hylophylaxis a genus ofbirdin the familyThamnophilidae.
The genusHylophylaxwas erected by the American ornithologistRobert Ridgwayin 1909 with thespotted antbirdas thetype species.[2]It contains three species:[3]
- Spotted antbird,Hylophylax naevioides
- Spot-backed antbird,Hylophylax naevius
- Dot-backed antbird,Hylophylax punctulatus
Thecommon scale-backed antbirdwas formerly included inHylophylax.A molecular study found that it was not closely related to the other species and it was therefore moved to a newly erected genusWillisornis.[4][5][6]
References
[edit]- ^"Thamnophilidae".aviansystematics.org.The Trust for Avian Systematics.Retrieved2023-07-16.
- ^Ridgway, Robert(1909)."New genera, species and subspecies of Formicariidae, Furnariidae, and Dendrocolaptidae".Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.22:69–74 [70].
- ^Gill, Frank;Donsker, David, eds. (2018)."Antbirds".World Bird List Version 8.1.International Ornithologists' Union.Retrieved4 February2018.
- ^Agne, C.E.Q.; Pacheco, J.F. (2007)."A homonymy in Thamnophilidae: a new name forDichropogonChubb ".Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia.15(3): 484–485. Archived fromthe originalon 2018-02-06.Retrieved2018-02-24.
- ^Revive the genus Dichropogon- South American Classification Committee (2007)
- ^Reassign Dichropogon to Willisornis- South American Classification Committee (2008)
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