Pithys
| Pithys | |
|---|---|
| |
| White-plumed antbird (Pithys albifrons) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Pithys Vieillot, 1818 |
| Type species | |
| Pithys leucops[1] = Pithys albifrons Vieillot, 1818 | |
Pithys is a genus of insectivorous passerine binds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae.
The species in this genus are specialist ant-followers that depend on swarms of army ants to flush insects and other arthropods out of the leaf litter.[2]
The genus was erected by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1818.[3] The type species is the white-plumed antbird (Pithys albifrons).[4] It contains two species:[5]
Species
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
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Pithys albifrons | White-plumed antbird | Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana |
| Pithys castaneus | White-masked antbird | Peru. |
References
- ^ "Thamnophilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Zimmer, K.; Isler, M.L. (2018) [2003]. del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. doi:10.2173/bow.thamno3.01. S2CID 216492154. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1818). Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc (in French). Vol. 24. Paris: Deterville. p. 112. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.20211.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 245.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
