| Myrmothera | |
|---|---|
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| Thrush-like antpitta (Myrmothera campanisona) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Grallariidae |
| Genus: | Myrmothera Vieillot, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmornis campanisona [1] Hermann, 1783 | |
Myrmothera is a genus of birds belonging to the antpitta family Grallariidae that are found in Middle and South America.
The genus was established in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot. [2] The type species was subsequently designated by Philip Sclater in 1890 as the thrush-like antpitta. [3] [4]
The genus contains 6 species: [5]
Some other taxonomies, including those followed by the Integrated Taxonomic Information System and Handbook of Birds of the World, consider the Tapajos antpitta to be a subspecies of the thrush-like antpitta. [6] [7] Based on DNA analysis, the genus is considered to be a sister taxon to the genus Hylopezus. [8] The name Myrmothera is a compound word created from the Greek words murmos, meaning "ant" and -theras, meaning "hunter" (from therao, meaning "to hunt). [9]
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