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Hypocnemis
Hypocnemis cantator - Guianan warbling antbird.jpg
Guianan warbling antbird (Hypocnemis cantator)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Hypocnemis
Cabanis, 1847
Type species
Formicarius cantator [1]
Boddaert, 1783

Hypocnemis is a genus of passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae. They are resident breeders in tropical Central and South America.

The genus Hypocnemis was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1847. [2] The name combines the Ancient Greek words hupo "somewhat like" and knēmis "leggings". [3] The type species was subsequently designated as the Guianan warbling antbird. [4]

The genus contains eight species: [5]

ImageCommon NameScientific NameDistribution
Hypocnemis cantator - Guianan warbling antbird.jpg Guianan warbling antbird Hypocnemis cantatorGuiana Shield
Imeri Warbling-Antbird.jpg Imeri warbling antbird Hypocnemis flavescensnorthern Amazonia
Hypocnemis peruviana - Vincent A. Vos - 416143977.jpeg Peruvian warbling antbird Hypocnemis peruvianawestern Amazonia
Hypocnemis subflava - Yellow-breasted Warbling-Antbird.jpg Yellow-breasted warbling antbird Hypocnemis subflavasouthwestern Amazonia
Hypocnemis ochrogyna Rondonia Warbling-Antbird (female); Pimenteiras d'Oeste, Rondonia, Brazil.jpg Rondonia warbling antbird Hypocnemis ochrogynafrom the rio Madeira to rio Roosevelt
Hypocnemis striata - Spix's Warbling Antibird; Carajas National Forest, Para, Brazil.jpg Spix's warbling antbird Hypocnemis striatafrom the rio Aripuanã to the rio Araguaia
Hypocnemis rondoni - Manicore warbling-antbird (cropped).jpg Manicoré warbling antbird Hypocnemis rondoni Ji-Paraná and Aripuanã interfluve
Hypocnemis hypoxantha - Yellow-browed antbird, Manacapuru, Amazonas, Brazil.jpg Yellow-browed antbird Hypocnemis hypoxanthaeast bank of the Tapajós and Teles Pires

The warbling antbird has traditionally been considered a single polytypic species, but recent evidence has led to it being split into six almost entirely parapatric species. [6] [7]

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