Sciaphylax
| Sciaphylax | |
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| Male southern chestnut-tailed antbird (Sciaphylax hemimelaena) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Sciaphylax Bravo, Isler, ML & Brumfield, 2013 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmeciza hemimelaena Sclater, 1857 | |
Sciaphylax is a genus of passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae.
The genus contains two species:[1]
- Southern chestnut-tailed antbird (Sciaphylax hemimelaena)
- Northern chestnut-tailed antbird (Sciaphylax castanea)
These species were formerly included in the genus Myrmeciza. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that Myrmeciza was polyphyletic.[2] In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, the two chestnut-tailed antbirds was moved to a newly erected genus Sciaphylax. The type species is the southern chestnut-tailed antbird.[1] The name of the new genus combines the Ancient Greek words skia "shadow" and phylax "a watcher".[2]
References
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b Isler, M.L.; Bravo, G.A.; Brumfield, R.T. (2013). "Taxonomic revision of Myrmeciza (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae) into 12 genera based on phylogenetic, morphological, behavioral, and ecological data" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3717 (4): 469–497. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3717.4.3. PMID 26176119.
