Biology:Silvery-cheeked antshrike

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Short description: Species of bird

Silvery-cheeked antshrike
Silvery-cheeked Antshrike Sakesphorus cristatus.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Sakesphoroides
Grantsau, 2010
Species:
S. cristatus
Binomial name
Sakesphoroides cristatus
(Wied, 1831)
Sakesphorus cristatus map.svg
Synonyms

Sakesphorus cristatus

The silvery-cheeked antshrike (Sakesphoroides cristatus) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae, the antbirds. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Sakesphoroides. Prior to 2022, it was classified in the genus Sakesphorus, but it was reclassified into its own genus by the International Ornithological Congress based on the results of a 2021 molecular study.[2][3]

It is endemic to Brazil . Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Sakesphorus cristatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22701257A93820228. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22701257A93820228.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22701257/93820228. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 
  2. Bravo, G.A.; Whitney, B.M.; Belmonte-Lopes, R.; Bornschein, M.R.; Aristizábal, N.; Beco, R.; Battilana, J.; Naka, L.N. et al. (2021). "Phylogenomic analyses reveal non-monophyly of the antbird genera Herpsilochmus and Sakesphorus (Thamnophilidae), with description of a new genus for Herpsilochmus sellowi". Ornithology 138 (3). doi:10.1093/ornithology/ukab025. 
  3. "IOC World Bird List 12.1" (in en-US). doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.12.1. https://doi.org/10.14344/IOC.ML.12.1. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1271308 entry