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Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Isleria is a genus of insectivorous birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae.
Isleria | |
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Rufous-bellied antwren (Isleria guttata) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: | Isleria Bravo, Chesser & Brumfield, 2012 |
Type species | |
Myrmothera guttata[1] Vieillot, 1824 | |
Species | |
I. guttata |
The genus contains two species:[2]
Male | Female | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Isleria guttata | Rufous-bellied antwren | Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. | ||
![]() | ![]() | Isleria hauxwelli | Plain-throated antwren | Amazon Basin |
These species were formerly placed in the genus Myrmotherula. A molecular genetic study published in 2012 found that Myrmotherula was not monophyletic.[3] As a step in creating monophyletic genera, these two species were moved to the newly erected genus Isleria.[2][4] The name of the genus was chosen to honour the American ornithologists Morton and Phyllis Isler.[3]
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