Isleria

Isleria
Rufous-bellied antwren (Isleria guttata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thamnophilidae
Genus:	Isleria Bravo, Chesser & Brumfield, 2012
Type species
Myrmothera guttata [1] Vieillot, 1824
Species
I. guttata I. hauxwelli

Isleria is a genus of insectivorous birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae.

Species

The genus contains two species: ^[2]

Male	Female	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
		Isleria guttata	Rufous-bellied antwren	Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
		Isleria hauxwelli	Plain-throated antwren	Amazon Basin

These species were formerly placed in the genus Myrmotherula . A molecular genetic study published in 2012 found that Myrmotherula was not monophyletic. ^[3] As a step in creating monophyletic genera, these two species were moved to the newly erected genus Isleria. ^{[2] [4]} The name of the genus was chosen to honour the American ornithologists Morton and Phyllis Isler. ^[3]

References

1. "Thamnophilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
3. Bravo, G.A.; Chesser, R.T.; Brumfield, R.T. (2012). "Isleria, a new genus of antwren (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae)". Zootaxa. 3195: 61–67. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3195.1.5.
4. Bravo, G.A.; Brumfield, R.T. (February 2012). "Proposal (518): Recognize the genus Isleria for two "Myrmotherula"". South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society. Retrieved 27 February 2018.