Sipia
| Sipia | |
|---|---|
| |
| Dull-mantled antbird (Sipia laemosticta) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Sipia Hellmayr, 1924 |
| Type species | |
| Pyriglena berlepschi Hartert, 1898 | |
Sipia is a genus of passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae.
The genus contains four species:[1]
- Dull-mantled antbird (Sipia laemosticta)
- Magdalena antbird (Sipia palliata)
- Esmeraldas antbird (Sipia nigricauda)
- Stub-tailed antbird (Sipia berlepschi)
These species were formerly placed in the genus Myrmeciza. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that Myrmeciza, as then defined, was polyphyletic.[2] In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera these four species were moved to the resurrected genus Sipia which had been introduced by the Austrian ornithologist Carl Eduard Hellmayr in 1924.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hellmayr, Carl Eduard (1924). Catalogue of Birds of the Americas and the Adjacent Islands. Field Museum Natural History Publications. Zoological Series. Vol. 13. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. p. 224.
- South American Classification Committee (February 22, 2016). "Proposal (#628) to South American Classification Committee – Reassign species currently placed in Myrmeciza into 12 genera". Retrieved January 28, 2018.
