Dysithamnus

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Dysithamnus
Plain antvireo (Dysithamnus mentalis)
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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
Species

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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

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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
Spot-breasted antvireo Dysithamnus sticothorax Atlantic Forest
Plain antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis Central America and northern South America
Streak-crowned antvireo Dysithamnus striaticeps Central America
Spot-crowned antvireo Dysithamnus puncticeps northern Panama and Tumbes–Chocó–Magdalena
Rufous-backed antvireo Dysithamnus xanthopterus southern Atlantic Forest
White-streaked antvireo Dysithamnus leucostictus northern Andes
Plumbeous antvireo Dysithamnus plumbeus Bahia forests
Bicolored antvireo Dysithamnus occidentalis northern Andes

References

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