Neocossyphus

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Neocossyphus
Neocossyphus rufus from Die Vogel Afrikas (1902).jpg
Neocossyphus rufus illustration from Die Vögel Afrikas
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Subfamily: Myadestinae
Genus: Neocossyphus
Fischer, GA, 1884 [1]
Type species
Pseudocossyphus rufus [2]
Fischer & Reichenow, 1884
Species

N. poensis(Strickland, 1844)
N. rufus(Fischer & Reichenow, 1884)

The ant thrushes are medium-sized insectivorous birds in the genus Neocossyphus of the thrush family Turdidae. These are African forest dwelling species. The genus Stizorhina is sometimes placed here.

Species

The following species are currently recognized: [3]

Genus Neocossyphus Fischer, GA, 1884 – two species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeSize and ecologyIUCN status and estimated population
White-tailed ant thrush

Neocossyphus poensis from Die Vogel Afrikas (1902).jpg

Neocossyphus poensis
(Strickland, 1844)
Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Red-tailed ant thrush

Neocossyphus rufus rufus 277965819.jpg

Neocossyphus rufus
(Fischer & Reichenow, 1884)
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda.Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 



References

  1. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.1). https://www.worldbirdnames.org
  2. "Turdidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  3. "Neocossyphus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 1 January 2012.