Biology:Hylophylax

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Hylophylax
Hylophylax naevia.jpg
Spot-backed antbird (Hylophylax naevius)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Hylophylax
Ridgway, 1909
Type species
Conopophaga naevioides[1]
Lafresnaye, 1847

Hylophylax is a genus of bird in the family Thamnophilidae.

The genus Hylophylax was erected by the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway in 1909 with the spotted antbird as the type species.[2] It contains three species:[3]

The common scale-backed antbird was formerly included in Hylophylax. A molecular study found that it was not closely related to the other species and it was therefore moved to a newly erected genus Willisornis.[4][5][6]

References

  1. "Thamnophilidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=108. 
  2. Ridgway, Robert (1909). "New genera, species and subspecies of Formicariidae, Furnariidae, and Dendrocolaptidae". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 22: 69–74 [70]. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329979. 
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/antbirds/. Retrieved 4 February 2018. 
  4. Agne, C.E.Q.; Pacheco, J.F. (2007). "A homonymy in Thamnophilidae: a new name for Dichropogon Chubb". Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 15 (3): 484–485. http://www4.museu-goeldi.br/revistabrornito/revista/index.php/BJO/article/view/3121/pdf_530. Retrieved 2018-02-24. 
  5. Revive the genus Dichropogon - South American Classification Committee (2007)
  6. Reassign Dichropogon to Willisornis - South American Classification Committee (2008)

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