Dysithamnus is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. Species in this genus are known as antvireos.

Dysithamnus
Plain antvireo (Dysithamnus mentalis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Dysithamnus
Cabanis, 1847
Type species
Myothera stictothorax[1]
Temminck, 1823
Species

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The genus Dysithamnus was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1847.[2] The name combines the Ancient Greek words duō "to plunge" and thamnos "bush".[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the spot-breasted antvireo.[4]

The genus contains the following eight species:[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Thamnophilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Cabanis, Jean (1847). "Ornithologische notizen". Archiv für Naturgeschichte (in German). 13: 186–256 [223].
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 142. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 181–182.
  5. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 February 2018.