Cercomacra | |
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Mato Grosso antbird (Cercomacra melanaria) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: | Cercomacra P.L. Sclater, 1858 |
Type species | |
Cercomacra caerulescens [1] P.L. Sclater, 1858 |
Cercomacra is a genus of passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae.
The genus was erected by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1858. [2] The type species was subsequently designated as the Rio de Janeiro antbird. [3]
The genus contains seven species: [4]
Image | Common Name | Scientific Name | Distribution |
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![]() | Manu antbird | Cercomacra manu | southern Amazonia |
![]() | Rio de Janeiro antbird | Cercomacra brasiliana | Bahia forests |
![]() | Grey antbird | Cercomacra cinerascens | Amazonia |
![]() | Mato Grosso antbird | Cercomacra melanaria | Bolivia and Pantanal |
![]() | Bananal antbird | Cercomacra ferdinandi | Araguaia River |
![]() | Jet antbird | Cercomacra nigricans | Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador |
![]() | Rio Branco antbird | Cercomacra carbonaria | Branco River |
The genus formerly included additional species but when a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Cercomacra was polyphyletic the genus was split to create two monophyletic genera and six species were moved to the newly erected genus Cercomacroides . [4] [5]
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