Epinecrophylla
| Epinecrophylla | |
|---|---|
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| Epinecrophylla ornata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Epinecrophylla Isler,ML & Brumfield, 2006 |
Epinecrophylla is a genus of birds in the family Thamnophilidae. They were previously included in the genus Myrmotherula as the "stipple-throated group". Epinecrophylla contains the following species:
- Brown-bellied antwren (Epinecrophylla gutturalis).
- Checker-throated antwren (Epinecrophylla fulviventris).
- White-eyed antwren (Epinecrophylla leucophthalma).
- Foothill antwren (Epinecrophylla spodionota).
- Stipple-throated antwren (Epinecrophylla haematonota).
- Yasuni antwren (Epinecrophylla fjeldsaai).
- Ornate antwren (Epinecrophylla ornata).
- Rufous-tailed antwren (Epinecrophylla erythrura).
References
- Isler, M., D. Lacerda, P. Isler, S. Hackett, K. Rosenberg, and R. Brumfield (2006). "Epinecrophylla, a new genus of antwrens (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119 (4): 522-527