Cercomacra

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Cercomacra
Cercomacra melanaria -Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil-8.jpg
Mato Grosso antbird (Cercomacra melanaria)
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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]

ImageCommon NameScientific NameDistribution
Cercomacra manu - Manu antbird (male).jpg Manu antbird Cercomacra manusouthern Amazonia
Cercomacra brasiliana.jpg Rio de Janeiro antbird Cercomacra brasiliana Bahia forests
Cercomacra cinerascens - Gray Anbird male; Carajas National Forest, Para, Brazil.jpg Grey antbird Cercomacra cinerascensAmazonia
Cercomacra melanaria - Mato Grosso antbird (male).jpg Mato Grosso antbird Cercomacra melanariaBolivia and Pantanal
Cercomacra ferdinandi - Bananal antbird (male).jpg Bananal antbird Cercomacra ferdinandi Araguaia River
Cercomacra nigricans 104825484.jpg Jet antbird Cercomacra nigricansPanama, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador
Cercomacra carbonaria 29550098.jpg 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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References

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  2. Sclater, Philip Lutley (1858). "Synopsis of the American Ant-birds (Formicariidae). Part II containing the Formicivorinae or Ant-wrens". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Part 26: 232–254 [244].
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  4. 1 2 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  5. Tello, J.G.; Raposo, M.; Bates, J.M.; Bravo, G.A.; Cadena, C.D.; Maldonado-Coelho, M (2014). "Reassessment of the systematics of the widespread Neotropical genus Cercomacra (Aves: Thamnophilidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 170 (3): 546–565. doi:10.1111/zoj.12116. S2CID   44187523.