Sakesphorus
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Sakesphorus is a genus
of bird
s in the antbird
family Thamnophilidae
.
It contains the following species:
Species S. bernardi, S. melanonotus, and S. melanothorax likely belong to genus Thamnophilus
(Brumfield et al., 2007).
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of bird
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...
s in the antbird
Antbird
The antbirds are a large family, Thamnophilidae, of passerine birds found across subtropical and tropical Central and South America, from Mexico to Argentina. There are more than 200 species, known variously as antshrikes, antwrens, antvireos, fire-eyes, bare-eyes and bushbirds...
family Thamnophilidae
Antbird
The antbirds are a large family, Thamnophilidae, of passerine birds found across subtropical and tropical Central and South America, from Mexico to Argentina. There are more than 200 species, known variously as antshrikes, antwrens, antvireos, fire-eyes, bare-eyes and bushbirds...
.
It contains the following species:
- Black-crested AntshrikeBlack-crested AntshrikeThe Black-crested Antshrike, Sakesphorus canadensis, is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is a resident breeder in tropical South America in Trinidad, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Brazil and northeastern Peru....
(Sakesphorus canadensis) - Silvery-cheeked AntshrikeSilvery-cheeked AntshrikeThe Silvery-cheeked Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family, the antbirds. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland....
(Sakesphorus cristatus) - Glossy AntshrikeGlossy AntshrikeThe Glossy Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family, the antbirds.The Glossy Antshrike is endemic to Brazil, and can only be found near the Amazon River's outlet at the western Atlantic Ocean, and mostly the southern side of the river-; its range extent west to east is about...
(Sakesphorus luctuosus) - Collared AntshrikeCollared AntshrikeThe Collared Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Ecuador and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland...
(Sakesphorus bernardi) - Black-backed AntshrikeBlack-backed AntshrikeThe Black-backed Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela....
(Sakesphorus melanonotus) - Band-tailed AntshrikeBand-tailed AntshrikeThe Band-tailed Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in the eastern Guianas of Suriname and French Guiana mostly; also Brazil, Guyana, and Atlantic regions of the Amazon Basin, and some local regions upstream on the Amazon.Its natural habitat is subtropical or...
(Sakesphorus melanothorax)
Species S. bernardi, S. melanonotus, and S. melanothorax likely belong to genus Thamnophilus
Thamnophilus
Thamnophilus is a genus of antbird in the family Thamnophilidae. The species in this genus are commonly known as antshrikes. They are insectivores that feed by gleaning prey from foliage and are found in the Neotropics....
(Brumfield et al., 2007).