Thamnomanes | |
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Cinereous antshrike (Thamnomanes caesius) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: |
Thamnomanes Cabanis, 1847 |
Type species | |
Lanius caesia
[1] Lichtenstein, 1823
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Species | |
4, see text |
Thamnomanes is a genus of insectivorous birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. They are restricted to the Neotropics and are important components of forest mixed-species feeding flocks.
The genus Thamnomanes was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1847. [2] The name combines the Ancient Greek words thamnos "bush" and -manēs "fond of". [3] The type species was subsequently designated as the cinereous antshrike. [4]
This genus contains the following species: [5]
Thamnomanes | |
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Cinereous antshrike (Thamnomanes caesius) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: |
Thamnomanes Cabanis, 1847 |
Type species | |
Lanius caesia
[1] Lichtenstein, 1823
| |
Species | |
4, see text |
Thamnomanes is a genus of insectivorous birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. They are restricted to the Neotropics and are important components of forest mixed-species feeding flocks.
The genus Thamnomanes was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1847. [2] The name combines the Ancient Greek words thamnos "bush" and -manēs "fond of". [3] The type species was subsequently designated as the cinereous antshrike. [4]
This genus contains the following species: [5]