Dysithamnus

Dysithamnus
Plain antvireo (Dysithamnus mentalis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thamnophilidae
Genus:	Dysithamnus Cabanis, 1847
Type species
Myothera stictothorax [1] Temminck, 1823
Species
See text

Dysithamnus is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. Species in this genus are known as antvireos.

Taxonomy

The genus Dysithamnus was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1847. ^[2] The name combines the Ancient Greek words duō "to plunge" and thamnos "bush". ^[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the spot-breasted antvireo. ^[4]

A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2020 found that the genus Dysithamnus was not monophyletic. The spot-crowned antvireo (Dysithamnus puncticeps) and the streak-crowned antvireo (Dysithamnus striaticeps) were sister to a clade containing the remaining species in the genus Dysithamnus and the antwrens in the genus Herpsilochmus . ^[5]

The genus contains the following eight species: ^[6]

Image	Common Name	Scientific Name	Distribution
	Spot-breasted antvireo	Dysithamnus sticothorax	Atlantic Forest
	Plain antvireo	Dysithamnus mentalis	Central America and northern South America
	Streak-crowned antvireo	Dysithamnus striaticeps	Central America
	Spot-crowned antvireo	Dysithamnus puncticeps	northern Panama and Tumbes–Chocó–Magdalena
	Rufous-backed antvireo	Dysithamnus xanthopterus	southern Atlantic Forest
	White-streaked antvireo	Dysithamnus leucostictus	northern Andes
	Plumbeous antvireo	Dysithamnus plumbeus	Bahia forests
	Bicolored antvireo	Dysithamnus occidentalis	northern Andes

References

1. "Thamnophilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
2. Cabanis, Jean (1847). "Ornithologische notizen". Archiv für Naturgeschichte (in German). 13: 186–256 [223].
3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p.  142. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
4. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 181–182.
5. Harvey, M.G.; et al. (2020). "The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot". Science. 370 (6522): 1343–1348. doi:10.1126/science.aaz6970. A high resolution version of the phylogenetic tree in Figure 1 is available from the first author's website here.
6. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 February 2018.