List of antbirds

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 200 species and includes the antshrikes, antwrens, antvireos, fire-eyes, bare-eyes and bushbirds. They are closely related to the antthrushes and antpittas in the family Formicariidae, the tapaculos, and especially the gnateaters.[1][2]

Species

Subfamily N.N.: Basal antbirds

Subfamily Thamnophilinae: antshrikes and relatives

Rufous-winged antwren

Subfamily N.N.: Typical antwrens and relatives

Male black-hooded antshrike

Tribe "Microrhopini"

Tribe Formicivorini

Tribe Pithyini

Tribe Myrmecizini

White-shouldered fire-eye

Unassigned

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Irestedt, Martin; Fjeldså, Jon; Johansson, Ulf S. & Ericson, Per G.P. (2002): Systematic relationships and biogeography of the tracheophone suboscines (Aves: Passeriformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 23(3): 499–512. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00034-9 (HTML abstract)
  2. ↑ Rice, Nathan H. (2005): Further Evidence for Paraphyly of the Formicariidae (Passeriformes). Condor 107(4): 910-915. doi:10.1650/7696.1 PDF fulltext
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Placement here needs confirmation.
  4. ↑ South American Classification Committee (2007) Revive the genus Dichropogon - Accessed 8 April 2008.
  5. ↑ Reassign Dichropogon to Willisornis - South American Classification Committee (2008)
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