Chamaeza

Chamaeza
Striated antthrush (Chamaeza nobilis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Formicariidae
Genus:	Chamaeza Vigors, 1825
Type species
Chamaeza meruloides [1] Vigors, 1825

Chamaeza is a genus of South American birds in the family Formicariidae.

The genus was erected by the Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors in 1825 with the cryptic antthrush (Chamaeza meruloides) as the type species. ^[2]

Species

The genus contains six species: ^[3]

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Short-tailed antthrush	Chamaeza campanisona	Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina
	Striated antthrush	Chamaeza nobilis	Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
	Cryptic antthrush	Chamaeza meruloides	southeastern Brazil.
	Rufous-tailed antthrush	Chamaeza ruficauda	Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil and far northeastern Argentina (only Misiones Province)
	Schwartz's antthrush	Chamaeza turdina	Andes of Colombia and the Coastal Range in Venezuela.
	Barred antthrush	Chamaeza mollissima	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru

References

1. "Formicariidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
2. Vigors, Nicholas Aylward (1825). "Sketches in ornithology; or, observations on the leading affinities of some extensive groups of birds". Zoological Journal. 2: 368–405 [395].
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antthrushes, antpittas, gnateaters, tapaculos, crescentchests". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 18 February 2018.