Hylophylax

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Hylophylax

Genus of birds

Hylophylax is a genus of bird in the family Thamnophilidae.

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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. [1]
    "Thamnophilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. [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].
  3. [3]
    Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. [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. Archived from the original on 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  5. [5]
    Revive the genus Dichropogon - South American Classification Committee (2007)
  6. [6]
    Reassign Dichropogon to Willisornis - South American Classification Committee (2008)


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