Pithys

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Pithys
White-plumed antbird (Pithys albifrons)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Pithys
Vieillot, 1818
Type species
Pithys leucops = Pithys albifrons
Vieillot, 1818

Pithys is a genus of insectivorous passerine binds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae.

The species in this genus are specialist ant-followers that depend on swarms of army ants to flush insects and other arthropods out of the leaf litter.

The genus was erected by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1818. The type species is the white-plumed antbird (Pithys albifrons). It contains two species:

Species

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Pithys albifrons White-plumed antbird Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana
Pithys castaneus White-masked antbird Peru.

References

  1. ^ "Thamnophilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Zimmer, K.; Isler, M.L. (2018) . del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. doi:10.2173/bow.thamno3.01. S2CID 216492154. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. ^ Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1818). Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc (in French). Vol. 24. Paris: Deterville. p. 112. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.20211.
  4. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 245.
  5. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 February 2018.

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