Chamaeza
Striated antthrush (Chamaeza nobilis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Formicariidae
Genus: Chamaeza
Vigors, 1825
Type species
Chamaeza meruloides[1]
Vigors, 1825

Chamaeza is a genus of South American birds in the family Formicariidae.

The genus was erected by the Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors in 1825 with the cryptic antthrush (Chamaeza meruloides) as the type species.[2]

Species

The genus contains six species:[3]

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Short-tailed antthrushChamaeza campanisonaAtlantic Forest in eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina
Striated antthrushChamaeza nobilisBolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Cryptic antthrushChamaeza meruloidessoutheastern Brazil.
Rufous-tailed antthrushChamaeza ruficaudaAtlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil and far northeastern Argentina (only Misiones Province)
Schwartz's antthrushChamaeza turdinaAndes of Colombia and the Coastal Range in Venezuela.
Barred antthrushChamaeza mollissimaBolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru

References

  1. "Formicariidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. Vigors, Nicholas Aylward (1825). "Sketches in ornithology; or, observations on the leading affinities of some extensive groups of birds". Zoological Journal. 2: 368–405 [395].
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antthrushes, antpittas, gnateaters, tapaculos, crescentchests". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 18 February 2018.


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