Dysithamnus is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. Species in this genus are known as antvireos.
| Dysithamnus | |
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| Plain antvireo (Dysithamnus mentalis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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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]
The genus contains the following eight species:[5]
- Spot-breasted antvireo, Dysithamnus stictothorax
- Plain antvireo, Dysithamnus mentalis
- Streak-crowned antvireo, Dysithamnus striaticeps
- Spot-crowned antvireo, Dysithamnus puncticeps
- Rufous-backed antvireo, Dysithamnus xanthopterus
- White-streaked antvireo, Dysithamnus leucostictus
- Plumbeous antvireo, Dysithamnus plumbeus
- Bicolored antvireo, Dysithamnus occidentalis
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.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
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