''Dysithamnus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of insectivorous

passerine A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin 'sparrow' and '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines are distinguished from other orders of birds by t ...

birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. Species in this genus are known as antvireos. The genus ''Dysithamnus'' was introduced by the German ornithologist

Jean Cabanis Jean Louis Cabanis (8 March 1816 – 20 February 1906) was a German ornithologist. Cabanis was born in Berlin to an old Huguenot family who had moved from France. Little is known of his early life. He studied at the University of Berlin from 18 ...

in 1847. The name combines the

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words ''duō'' "to plunge" and ''thamnos'' "bush". The

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was subsequently designated as the

spot-breasted antvireo The spot-breasted antvireo (''Dysithamnus stictothorax'') is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in south east Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist ...

. The genus contains the following eight species: *

Spot-breasted antvireo The spot-breasted antvireo (''Dysithamnus stictothorax'') is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in south east Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist ...

, ''Dysithamnus stictothorax'' *

Plain antvireo The plain antvireo (''Dysithamnus mentalis'') is a passerine bird species in the antbird family (Thamnophilidae). It is a resident breeder in tropical Central and South America. Taxonomy The plain antvireo was described by the Dutch zoologist C ...

, ''Dysithamnus mentalis'' *

Streak-crowned antvireo The streak-crowned antvireo (''Dysithamnus striaticeps'') is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest A forest ...

, ''Dysithamnus striaticeps'' *

Spot-crowned antvireo The spot-crowned antvireo (''Dysithamnus puncticeps'') is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest A fore ...

, ''Dysithamnus puncticeps'' *

Rufous-backed antvireo The rufous-backed antvireo (''Dysithamnus xanthopterus'') is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and bioti ...

, ''Dysithamnus xanthopterus'' *

White-streaked antvireo The white-streaked antvireo or white-spotted antvireo (''Dysithamnus leucostictus'') is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist m ...

, ''Dysithamnus leucostictus'' *

Plumbeous antvireo The plumbeous antvireo (''Dysithamnus plumbeus'') is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is endemic to low altitude areas of the Atlantic Forest in south east Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland for ...

, ''Dysithamnus plumbeus'' *

Bicolored antvireo The bicolored antvireo (''Dysithamnus occidentalis'') is an insectivorous bird in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. It is found on the west slope of the Andes from southwest Colombia to northwest Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tr ...

, ''Dysithamnus occidentalis''

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