Biology:List of antbird genera

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The antbirds are a large family, Thamnophilidae, of smallish passerine bird species of subtropical and tropical Central and South America. The family has more than 230 species divided into 63 genera and includes the antshrikes, antwrens, antvireos, fire-eyes, bare-eyes and bushbirds. The most closely related species to the antbirds are the gnateaters (family Conopophagidae) and the crescentchests (family Melanopareiidae).[1]

List and classification of genera

The list of genera below follows the World Bird List maintained by Frank Gill, David Donsker and Pamela Rasmussen on behalf of the International Ornithologists' Union.[2] The division of the genera into subfamilies and tribes follows the phylogeny published by Jan Ohlson and colleagues in 2013 as well as the list maintained by Joseph del Hoyo on the Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive website.[1][3] For more detail, see list of antbird species.

Subfamily Euchrepomidinae

Subfamily Myrmornithinae

Subfamily Thamnophilinae

Tribe Microrhopiini

Tribe Formicivorini

  • Genus Myrmotherula – antwrens (24 species)
  • Genus Terenura – antwrens (2 species)
  • Genus Myrmochanes – black-and-white antbird
  • Genus Formicivora – antwrens (9 species)

Tribe Thamnophilini

Variable antshrike
Male black-hooded antshrike
  • Genus Sakesphorus – antshrikes (2 species)
  • Genus Radinopsyche – Caatinga antwren
  • Genus Biatas – white-bearded antshrike (Placement here is provisional)
  • Genus Cymbilaimus – antshrikes (2 species)
  • Genus Taraba – great antshrike
  • Genus Mackenziaena – antshrikes (2 species)
  • Genus Frederickena – antshrikes (3 species)
  • Genus Hypoedaleus – spot-backed antshrike
  • Genus Batara – giant antshrike
  • Genus Xenornis – speckled antshrike (Placement here is provisional)
Rufous-margined antwren

Tribe Pithyini

Tribe Pyriglenini

Phylogeny

Phylogeny based on a study of the suboscines by Michael Harvey and colleagues published in 2020. Seven genera in the antbird family were found to be paraphyletic: Clytoctantes, Drymophila, Dysithamnus, Formicivora, Herpsilochmus, Myrmotherula and Sakesphorus.[6]

Thamnophilidae
 
 

Myrmornis – wing-banded antbird

 
 
 

Thamnistes – antshrikes (2 species)

 
 

Pygiptila – spot-winged antshrike

 
 
 
 
 
 

Euchrepomis – antwrens (4 species)

 
 
Microrhopiini
 
 

Myrmorchilus – stripe-backed antbird

 
 
 

Microrhopias – dot-winged antwren

 
 
 

Aprositornis – Yapacana antbird

 
 
 

Ammonastes – grey-bellied antbird

 
 

Myrmophylax – black-throated antbird

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Clytoctantes alixii – recurve-billed bushbird

 
 
 

Neoctantes – black bushbird

 
 

Clytoctantes atrogularis – Rondônia bushbird

 
 
 
 

Epinecrophylla – stipplethroats (8 species)

 
 
 
 
Formicivorini
 
 

Terenura – antwrens (2 species)

 
 

Myrmotherula (streaked group) and Myrmochanes

 
 
 
 

Myrmotherula (grey group)

 
 
 
 

Formicivora iheringi – narrow-billed antwren

 
 
 

Myrmotherula fluminensis – Rio de Janeiro antwren

 
 

Myrmotherula iheringi – Ihering's antwren

 
 
 
 

Formicivora – antwrens (8 species)

 
 
 
 
 
 
Pithyini
 
 
 

Phaenostictus – ocellated antbird

 
 

Pithys (2 species)

 
 
 
 

Willisornis (2 species)

 
 
 

Phlegopsis – bare-eyes (3 species)

 
 
 

Oneillornis (2 species)

 
 
 

Gymnopithys (3 species)

 
 

Rhegmatorhina (5 species)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Cercomacra (7 species)

 
 
 

Cercomacroides (6 species)

 
 
 

Sciaphylax (2 species)

 
 
 

Drymophila squamata – scaled antbird

 
 
 

Drymophila (10 species)

 
 

Hypocnemis – warbling-antbirds (8 species)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pyriglenini
 
 

Poliocrania – chestnut-backed antbird

 
 
 

Ampelornis – grey-headed antbird

 
 

Sipia (4 species)

 
 
 
 
 
 

Myrmoderus (5 species)

 
 
 

Hypocnemoides (2 species)

 
 

Hylophylax (3 species)

 
 
 
 
 
 

Sclateria – silvered antbird

 
 

Myrmelastes (8 species)

 
 
 
 

Myrmeciza – white-bellied antbird

 
 
 

Rhopornis – slender antbird

 
 
 

Myrmoborus (5 species)

 
 
 
 
 

Gymnocichla– bare-crowned antbird

 
 

Akletos (2 species)

 
 
 
 

Hafferia (3 species)

 
 

Percnostola (2 species)

 
 
 
 

Pyriglena – fire-eyes (3 species)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thamnophilini
 
 

Isleria – antwrens (2 species)

 
 
 

Xenornis – speckled antshrike

 
 

Thamnomanes – antshrikes (4 species)

 
 
 
 
 

Megastictus – pearly antshrike

 
 
 
 

Rhopias – star-throated antwren

 
 

Dichrozona – banded antbird

 
 
 
 
 

Cymbilaimus – antshrikes (2 species)

 
 
 

Taraba – great antshrike

 
 
 
 

Hypoedaleus – spot-backed antshrike

 
 

Batara – giant antshrike

 
 
 
 

Mackenziaena – antshrikes (2 species)

 
 

Frederickena – antshrikes (3 species)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sakesphoroides – silvery-cheeked antshrike

 
 
 
 

Biatas – white-bearded antshrike

 
 

Radinopsyche – Caatinga antwren

 
 
 
 
 

Dysithamnus puncticeps – spot-crowned antvireo

 
 

Dysithamnus striaticeps – streak-crowned antvireo

 
 
 
 

Herpsilochmus – antwrens (17 species)

 
 

Dysithamnus – antvireos (6 species)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sakesphorus – antshrikes (3 species)

 
 

Thamnophilus – antshrikes (30 species)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ohlson, J.I.; Irestedt, M.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Fjeldså, J (2013). "Phylogeny and classification of the New World suboscines (Aves, Passeriformes)". Zootaxa 3613 (1): 1–35. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3613.1.1. PMID 24698900. 
  2. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (August 2022). "Antbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/antbirds/. Retrieved 4 November 2022. 
  3. ↑ del Hoyo, Joseph, ed. "Taxonomic structure and notes". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. https://www.hbw.com/our-taxonomy. 
  4. ↑ South American Classification Committee (2007) Revive the genus Dichropogon – Accessed 8 April 2008.
  5. ↑ Reassign Dichropogon to Willisornis – South American Classification Committee (2008)
  6. ↑ Harvey, M.G.; Bravo, G.A.; Claramunt, S.; Cuervo, A.M.; Derryberry, G.E.; Battilana, J.; Seeholzer, G.F.; McKay, J.S. et al. (2020). "The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot". Science 370 (6522): 1343–1348. doi:10.1126/science.aaz6970. PMID 33303617.  A high resolution version of the phylogenetic tree in Figure 1 is available from the first author's website here.

Further reading

  • Irestedt, Martin; Fjeldså, Jon; Nylander, Johan A. A. & Ericson, Per G. P. (2004): Phylogenetic relationships of typical antbirds (Thamnophilidae) and test of incongruence based on Bayes factors. BMC Evol. Biol. 4: 23. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-4-23 Supplementary information
  • Isler, M., P. Isler, B. Whitney, and K. Zimmer (2007). Species limits in the "Schistocichla" complex of Percnostola Antbirds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). Wilson Bull. 119(1): 53–70.
  • Isler, M., P. Isler, and B. Whitney (2007). Species limits in Antbirds (Thamnophilidae): The Warbling Antbird (Hypocnemis cantator) complex. Auk 124(1): 11–28.
  • Isler, M., D. Lacerda, P. Isler, S. Hackett, K. Rosenberg, and R. Brumfield (2006). Epinecrophylla, a new genus of antwrens (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119(4): 522-527



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