''Thamnomanes'' 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 birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. They are restricted to the

Neotropic The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In bioge ...

s and are important components of forest

mixed-species feeding flock A mixed-species feeding flock, also termed a mixed-species foraging flock, mixed hunting party or informally bird wave, is a flock of usually insectivorous birds of different species that join each other and move together while foraging. These ar ...

s. The genus ''Thamnomanes'' 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 ''thamnos'' "bush" and ''-manēs'' "fond of". The

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

was subsequently designated as the

cinereous antshrike The cinereous antshrike (''Thamnomanes caesius'') is an insectivorous bird in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. The term ''cinereous'' describes its colouration. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Su ...

. This genus contains the following species: * Dusky-throated antshrike, ''Thamnomanes ardesiacus'' *

Cinereous antshrike The cinereous antshrike (''Thamnomanes caesius'') is an insectivorous bird in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. The term ''cinereous'' describes its colouration. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Su ...

, ''Thamnomanes caesius'' *

Saturnine antshrike The saturnine antshrike (''Thamnomanes saturninus'') 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. The saturnine antshrike was ...

, ''Thamnomanes saturninus'' * Bluish-slate antshrike, ''Thamnomanes schistogynus''

References

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