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Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dysithamnus is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. Species in this genus are known as antvireos.
Dysithamnus | |
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Plain antvireo (Dysithamnus mentalis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: | Dysithamnus Cabanis, 1847 |
Type species | |
Myothera stictothorax[1] Temminck, 1823 | |
Species | |
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The genus Dysithamnus was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1847.[2] The name combines the Ancient Greek words duō "to plunge" and thamnos "bush".[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the spot-breasted antvireo.[4]
The genus contains the following eight species:[5]
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