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Gymnopithys
''Gymnopithys'' is a genus of passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. The species in this genus are specialist ant-followers that depend on swarms of army ants to flush arthropods out of the leaf litter. Taxonomy The genus ''Gymnopithys'' was introduced by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1857 with the rufous-throated antbird as the type species. The name ''Gymnopithys'' combines the Ancient Greek ''gumnos'' meaning "bare" or "naked" with the name of the antbird genus ''Pithys'' that was erected by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1818. The white-cheeked antbird and the bicolored antbird were formerly considered as conspecific. They were split into separate species based on the results of a genetic study published in 2007 that found that the white-cheeked antbird was more similar to the rufous-throated antbird than it was to the bicolored antbird. The genus contains three species: * Rufous-throated antbird, ''Gymnopithys rufig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White-cheeked Antbird
The white-cheeked antbird (''Gymnopithys leucaspis'') is an insectivorous bird in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. It is found to the east of the Andes in Ecuador, Colombia, northern Peru and western Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The English zoologist Philip Sclater described the white-cheeked antbird in 1855 and coined the binomial name ''Myrmeciza leucaspis''. It is now placed in the genus ''Gymnopithys'' which was introduced by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1857. There are four subspecies: * ''Gymnopithys leucaspis leucaspis'' (Sclater, PL, 1855) – east Colombia * ''Gymnopithys leucaspis castaneus'' Zimmer, JT, 1937 – east Ecuador and northeast Peru * ''Gymnopithys leucaspis peruanus'' Zimmer, JT, 1937 – north Peru * ''Gymnopithys leucaspis lateralis'' Todd, 1927 – northwest Amazonian Brazil The white-cheeked antbird was formerly considered as conspecific with the bicolored antbird. They were s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White-cheeked Antbird
The white-cheeked antbird (''Gymnopithys leucaspis'') is an insectivorous bird in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. It is found to the east of the Andes in Ecuador, Colombia, northern Peru and western Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The English zoologist Philip Sclater described the white-cheeked antbird in 1855 and coined the binomial name ''Myrmeciza leucaspis''. It is now placed in the genus ''Gymnopithys'' which was introduced by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1857. There are four subspecies: * ''Gymnopithys leucaspis leucaspis'' (Sclater, PL, 1855) – east Colombia * ''Gymnopithys leucaspis castaneus'' Zimmer, JT, 1937 – east Ecuador and northeast Peru * ''Gymnopithys leucaspis peruanus'' Zimmer, JT, 1937 – north Peru * ''Gymnopithys leucaspis lateralis'' Todd, 1927 – northwest Amazonian Brazil The white-cheeked antbird was formerly considered as conspecific with the bicolored antbird. They were s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bicolored Antbird
The bicolored antbird (''Gymnopithys bicolor'') is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Honduras south to Panama, western Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is dark brown with a white belly and grey and black facial markings. Taxonomy The bicolored antbird was species description, described by the American amateur ornithologist George Newbold Lawrence in 1863 and given the binomial name ''Pithys bicolor''. There are five recognised subspecies: * ''G. b. olivascens'' (Robert Ridgway, Ridgway, 1891) – Honduras to west Panama * ''G. b. bicolor'' (Lawrence, 1863) – east Panama and northwest Colombia * ''G. b. daguae'' Carl Eduard Hellmayr, Hellmayr, 1906 – west Colombia * ''G. b. aequatorialis'' (Hellmayr, 1902) – southwest Colombia and west Ecuador * ''G. b. ruficeps'' Osbert Salvin, Salvin & Frederick DuCane Godman, Godman, 1892 – central Colombia The bicolored antbird was formerly cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnopithys
''Gymnopithys'' is a genus of passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. The species in this genus are specialist ant-followers that depend on swarms of army ants to flush arthropods out of the leaf litter. Taxonomy The genus ''Gymnopithys'' was introduced by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1857 with the rufous-throated antbird as the type species. The name ''Gymnopithys'' combines the Ancient Greek ''gumnos'' meaning "bare" or "naked" with the name of the antbird genus ''Pithys'' that was erected by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1818. The white-cheeked antbird and the bicolored antbird were formerly considered as conspecific. They were split into separate species based on the results of a genetic study published in 2007 that found that the white-cheeked antbird was more similar to the rufous-throated antbird than it was to the bicolored antbird. The genus contains three species: * Rufous-throated antbird, ''Gymnopithys rufig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bicolored Antbird
The bicolored antbird (''Gymnopithys bicolor'') is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Honduras south to Panama, western Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is dark brown with a white belly and grey and black facial markings. Taxonomy The bicolored antbird was species description, described by the American amateur ornithologist George Newbold Lawrence in 1863 and given the binomial name ''Pithys bicolor''. There are five recognised subspecies: * ''G. b. olivascens'' (Robert Ridgway, Ridgway, 1891) – Honduras to west Panama * ''G. b. bicolor'' (Lawrence, 1863) – east Panama and northwest Colombia * ''G. b. daguae'' Carl Eduard Hellmayr, Hellmayr, 1906 – west Colombia * ''G. b. aequatorialis'' (Hellmayr, 1902) – southwest Colombia and west Ecuador * ''G. b. ruficeps'' Osbert Salvin, Salvin & Frederick DuCane Godman, Godman, 1892 – central Colombia The bicolored antbird was formerly cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufous-throated Antbird
The rufous-throated antbird (''Gymnopithys rufigula'') is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Taxonomy The rufous-throated antbird was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1775 in his ''Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux'' from a specimen collected in Cayenne, French Guiana. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the ''Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle'' which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name ''Turdus rufigula'' in his catalogue of the ''Planches Enluminées''. The rufous-throated antbird is now placed in the genus ''Gymnopithys' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufous-throated Antbird
The rufous-throated antbird (''Gymnopithys rufigula'') is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Taxonomy The rufous-throated antbird was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1775 in his ''Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux'' from a specimen collected in Cayenne, French Guiana. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the ''Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle'' which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name ''Turdus rufigula'' in his catalogue of the ''Planches Enluminées''. The rufous-throated antbird is now placed in the genus ''Gymnopithys' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thamnophilidae
The antbirds are a large passerine bird family, Thamnophilidae, found across subtropical and tropical Central and South America, from Mexico to Argentina. There are more than 230 species, known variously as antshrikes, antwrens, antvireos, fire-eyes, bare-eyes and bushbirds. They are related to the antthrushes and antpittas (family Formicariidae), the tapaculos, the gnateaters and the ovenbirds. Despite some species' common names, this family is not closely related to the wrens, vireos or shrikes. Antbirds are generally small birds with rounded wings and strong legs. They have mostly sombre grey, white, brown and rufous plumage, which is sexually dimorphic in pattern and colouring. Some species communicate warnings to rivals by exposing white feather patches on their backs or shoulders. Most have heavy bills, which in many species are hooked at the tip. Most species live in forests, although a few are found in other habitats. Insects and other arthropods from the most impor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White-throated Antbird
The white-throated antbird (''Oneillornis salvini'') is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. This species is a specialist ant-followers that relies on swarms of army ants to flush insects and other arthropods out of the leaf litter. The white-throated antbird was described by the German ornithologist Hans von Berlepsch in 1901 and given the binomial name ''Pithys salvini''. It was subsequently included in the genus '' Gymnopithys'' until moved to the newly erected genus '' Oneillornis'' based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ... study published in 2014. References Further reading * white-throate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lunulated Antbird
The lunulated antbird (''Oneillornis lunulatus'') is a species of insectivorous bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. This species is a specialist ant-followers that relies on swarms of army ants to flush insects and other arthropods out of the leaf litter. The lunulated antbird was described and illustrated by the English ornithologists Philip Sclater and Osbert Salvin in 1873 and given the binomial name ''Pithys lunulatus''. The species was subsequently included in the genus '' Gymnopithys''. It was moved to a newly erected genus '' Oneillornis'' based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014. The species is monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ant-follower
Ant followers are birds that feed by following swarms of army ants and take prey flushed by those ants. The best-known ant-followers are 18 species of antbird in the family Thamnophilidae, but other families of birds may follow ants, including thrushes, chats, ant-tanagers, cuckoos, motmots, and woodcreepers. Ant followers may be obligate, meaning that they derive most of their diet by following ant swarms, or non-obligate, meaning they derive only some of their diet from this behaviour. Some species may feed extensively at ant swarms yet may not be obligate ant followers, being able to and regularly feeding away from the swarms as well. Many species of tropical ants form large raiding swarms, but the swarms are often nocturnal or raid underground. While birds visit these swarms when they occur, the species most commonly attended by birds is the Neotropical species ''Eciton burchellii'', which is both diurnal and surface-raiding. It was once thought that attending birds were a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oneillornis
''Oneillornis'' is a genus of passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae. The species are native to the Amazon rainforest of South America. The genus contains two species: * White-throated antbird (''Oneillornis salvini'') * Lunulated antbird (''Oneillornis lunulatus'') These two species were at one time included in the genus '' Gymnopithys''. They were moved to this newly erected genus based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014. The type species is the lunulated antbird. These species are specialist ant-followers that depend on swarms of army ants to flush insects and other arthropods Arthropods (, (gen. ποδός)) are invertebrate animals with an exoskeleton, a Segmentation (biology), segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda. They are distinguished by their jointed limbs and Arth ... out of the leaf litter. References Bird genera {{Thamnophilidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
