Cercomacroides
| Cercomacroides | |
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| Dusky antbird (Cercomacroides tyrannina) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Cercomacroides Tello et al., 2014 |
Cercomacroides is a genus of passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae.
The genus contains six species:[1]
- Willis's antbird (Cercomacroides laeta)
- Parker's antbird (Cercomacroides parkeri)
- Blackish antbird (Cercomacroides nigrescens)
- Riparian antbird (Cercomacroides fuscicauda)
- Dusky antbird (Cercomacroides tyrannina)
- Black antbird (Cercomacroides serva)
These species were formerly placed in the genus Cercomacra. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Cercomacra, as then defined, was polyphyletic.[2] The genus was split to create monophyletic genera and six species were moved to the newly erected genus Cercomacroides with the dusky antbird as the type species.[1][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 Tello, J.G.; Raposo, M.; Bates, J.M.; Bravo, G.A.; Cadena, C.D.; Maldonado-Coelho, M (2014). "Reassessment of the systematics of the widespread Neotropical genus Cercomacra (Aves: Thamnophilidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 170 (3): 546–565. doi:10.1111/zoj.12116. S2CID 44187523.
