Guianan schiffornis

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Guianan schiffornis
Schiffornis olivacea Olivaceus Schiffornis; Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil (cropped).jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tityridae
Genus: Schiffornis
Species:
S. olivacea
Binomial name
Schiffornis olivacea
(Ridgway, 1906)
Schiffornis olivacea map.svg

The Guianan schiffornis or olivaceous schiffornis (Schiffornis olivacea), is a species of Neotropical bird.

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Distribution and habitat

It is found from southeast Venezuela to Guyana and north central Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Description

It is medium-sized, about 24 cm (9 in.) long.

Taxonomy

The Guianan schiffornis has traditionally been placed in the manakin family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, [2] where now placed by SACC.

The species was split by the AOU in 2013 from the species complex thrush-like schiffornis. [3]

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References

  1. BirdLife International. (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Schiffornis olivacea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T103677334A112298458. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103677334A112298458.en . Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  2. Adopt the Family Tityridae Archived 2008-05-08 at the Wayback Machine - South American Classification Committee (2007)
  3. Nyári, Á. S. 2007. Phylogeographic patterns, molecular and vocal differentiation, and species limits in Schiffornis turdina (Aves). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 154–164