Hylophylax
Encyclopedia
Hylophylax is a genus of bird
in the Thamnophilidae family.
The Scale-backed Antbird
belongs in a different clade
, and has therefore been transferred to the monotypic
genus Willisornis.
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Thamnophilidae family.
Species
- Spotted AntbirdSpotted AntbirdThe Spotted Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.In southern Central America, it is found in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama; also Colombia and Ecuador of northwestern South America....
, Hylophylax naevioides - Spot-backed AntbirdSpot-backed AntbirdThe Spot-backed Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family, the antbirds.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
, Hylophylax naevius - Dot-backed AntbirdDot-backed AntbirdThe Dot-backed Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps....
, Hylophylax punctulatus
The Scale-backed Antbird
Scale-backed Antbird
The Common Scale-backed Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family, the antbirds. It has often been included in the genus Hylophylax, but is now known to be part of a different clade, leading to its placement in the genus Willisornis...
belongs in a different clade
Clade
A clade is a group consisting of a species and all its descendants. In the terms of biological systematics, a clade is a single "branch" on the "tree of life". The idea that such a "natural group" of organisms should be grouped together and given a taxonomic name is central to biological...
, and has therefore been transferred to the monotypic
Monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group with only one biological type. The term's usage differs slightly between botany and zoology. The term monotypic has a separate use in conservation biology, monotypic habitat, regarding species habitat conversion eliminating biodiversity and...
genus Willisornis.