Biology:Sakesphorus
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Short description: Genus of birds
| Sakesphorus | |
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| Female black-crested antshrike | |
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| Female glossy antshrike | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Sakesphorus Chubb, 1918 |
| Type species | |
| Lanius canadensis Linnaeus, 1766
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Sakesphorus is a genus of passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae.
The genus Sakesphorus was erected by the British ornithologist Charles Chubb in 1918 with the black-crested antshrike as the type species.[1] The name of genus is from the Ancient Greek sakesphoros "shield-bearing", from sakos "shield" and -phoros "-bearing".[2]
The genus contains the following species:[3]
- Black-crested antshrike (Sakesphorus canadensis)
- Glossy antshrike (Sakesphorus luctuosus)
References
- ↑ Chubb, Charles (1918). "Descriptions of new genera and a new subspecies of South American birds". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. series 9 2 (7): 122–124 [123]. doi:10.1080/00222931808562350. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15630832.
- ↑ Jobling, J.A. (2018). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. https://www.hbw.com/dictionary/definition/sakesphorus. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/antbirds/. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- Brumfield, R.T.; Edwards, S.V. (2007). "Evolution into and out of the Andes: a Bayesian analysis of historical diversification in Thamnophilus antshrikes". Evolution 61 (2): 346–367. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00039.x. PMID 17348945.
Wikidata ☰ Q247366 entry
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