Pithys
| Pithys | |
|---|---|
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| 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
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Pithys is a genus of insectivorous passerine binds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae.
The species in this genus are specialist
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.
- S2CID 216492154. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- .
- ^ 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.
