Chamaeza
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Chamaeza is a genus of South American birds in the family Formicariidae.
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Chamaeza | |
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Striated antthrush (Chamaeza nobilis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Formicariidae |
Genus: | Chamaeza Vigors, 1825 |
Type species | |
Chamaeza meruloides[1] Vigors, 1825 |
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The genus was erected by the Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors in 1825 with the cryptic antthrush (Chamaeza meruloides) as the type species.[2]