Hypocnemis
| Hypocnemis | |
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| Guianan warbling antbird (Hypocnemis cantator) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Hypocnemis Cabanis, 1847 |
| Type species | |
| Formicarius cantator[1] Boddaert, 1783
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Hypocnemis is a genus of
tropical Central and South America
.
The genus Hypocnemis was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1847.[2] The name combines the Ancient Greek words hupo "somewhat like" and knēmis "leggings".[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the Guianan warbling antbird.[4]
The genus contains eight species:[5]
- Guianan warbling antbird, Hypocnemis cantator
- Imeri warbling antbird, Hypocnemis flavescens
- Peruvian warbling antbird, Hypocnemis peruviana
- Yellow-breasted warbling antbird, Hypocnemis subflava
- Rondonia warbling antbird, Hypocnemis ochrogyna
- Spix's warbling antbird, Hypocnemis striata
- Manicoré warbling antbird, Hypocnemis rondoni
- Yellow-browed antbird, Hypocnemis hypoxantha
The
References
- ^ "Thamnophilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Cabanis, Jean (1847). "Ornithologische notizen". Archiv für Naturgeschichte (in German). 13: 186–256 [212].
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 223.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- S2CID 85920805.
- ^ "Proposal (299) Split Hypocnemis cantator by elevating H. flavescens, peruviana, subflava, ochrogyna and striata to species rank". South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society. 2007. Retrieved 3 February 2018.