Sciaphylax
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Sciaphylax is a genus of passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae.
| Sciaphylax | |
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| Male southern chestnut-tailed antbird (Sciaphylax hemimelaena) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Sciaphylax Bravo, Isler, ML & Brumfield, 2013 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmeciza hemimelaena Sclater, 1857 | |
The genus contains two species:[1]
- Southern chestnut-tailed antbird (Sciaphylax hemimelaena)
- Northern chestnut-tailed antbird (Sciaphylax castanea)
These species were formerly included in the genus Myrmeciza. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that Myrmeciza was polyphyletic.[2] In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, the two chestnut-tailed antbirds was moved to a newly erected genus Sciaphylax. The type species is the southern chestnut-tailed antbird.[1] The name of the new genus combines the Ancient Greek words skia "shadow" and phylax "a watcher".[2]
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