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The antbird family Thamnophilidae used to be considered a subfamily, Thamnophilinae, within a larger family Formicariidae that included antthrushes and antpittas.Formerly, that larger family was known as the "antbird family" and the Thamnophilinae were "typical antbirds".
The avian family Thamnophilidae is usually called the typical antbirds.The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 238 species distributed among 63 genera in the family, 24 of which have only one species. [1]
Common scale-backed antbird Male, Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador Female, Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Thamnophilidae Genus: Willisornis Species: W. poecilinotus Binomial name Willisornis poecilinotus (Cabanis, 1847) Synonyms ...
However, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) treats P. e. cassini and P. e. maculifer as a separate species, the short-tailed antbird Poliocrania maculifer, and retains the English name chestnut-backed antbird for the other three subspecies. [9] [10] This article follows the one-species, five-subspecies model.
White-plumed antbird Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Thamnophilidae Genus: Pithys Species: P. albifrons Binomial name Pithys albifrons (Linnaeus, 1766) Synonyms Pipra albifrons Linnaeus, 1766 The white-plumed antbird (Pithys albifrons) is a small species of ...
The antbirds are a large family, Thamnophilidae, of smallish passerine bird species of subtropical and tropical Central and South America.The family has more than 230 species divided into 63 genera and includes the antshrikes, antwrens, antvireos, fire-eyes, bare-eyes and bushbirds.
The spotted antbird's most common song is a variable number of repeated syllables each composed of a peeee whistle followed by a short ti note, giving a full sequence peeeeeti-peeeti-peeeti-peeeti-peeeti-peeeti-peeeti-peeeti of variable length. Both sexes sing, with the male's song longer than female's.
Bare-eyed antbird Conservation status Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Thamnophilidae Genus: Rhegmatorhina Species: R. gymnops Binomial name Rhegmatorhina gymnops Ridgway, 1888 The bare-eyed antbird (Rhegmatorhina gymnops), occasionally known as the Santarem antbird, is a Vulnerable ...