Biology:Oneillornis
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Short description: Genus of birds
| Oneillornis | |
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| Oneillornis salvini | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Oneillornis Isler, Bravo & Brumfield, 2014 |
Oneillornis is a genus of passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae. The species are native to the Amazon rainforest of South America.
The genus contains two species:[1]
- White-throated antbird (Oneillornis salvini)
- Lunulated antbird (Oneillornis lunulatus)
These two species were at one time included in the genus Gymnopithys. They were moved to this newly erected genus based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014. The type species is the lunulated antbird.[2]
These species are specialist ant-followers that depend on swarms of army ants to flush insects and other arthropods out of the leaf litter.[3]
References
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/antbirds/. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ↑ Isler, M.L.; Bravo, G.A.; Brumfield, R.T. (2014). "Systematics of the obligate ant-following clade of antbirds (Aves:Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae)". Wilson Journal of Ornithology 126 (4): 635–648. doi:10.1676/13-199.1. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1522&context=biosci_pubs.
- ↑ Zimmer, K.; Isler, M.L. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. eds. "Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (Lynx Edicions). doi:10.2173/bow.thamno3.01. https://www.hbw.com/node/52291. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q28841087 entry
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