Biology:Antpipit
From HandWiki
Short description: Genus of birds
Antpipit | |
---|---|
Southern antpipit (Corythopis delalandi) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Corythopis Sundevall, 1836 |
Type species | |
Myiothera calcarata[1] zu Wied, 1831
|
The antpipits, Corythopis, are a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. These are long legged species that spend most of the time on the ground.
The genus contains two species:[2]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
---|---|---|---|
Corythopis torquatus | Ringed antpipit | Amazon Basin of Brazil and the Guianas, and Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and in eastern Venezuela | |
Corythopis delalandi | Southern antpipit | southern Brazil and the pantanal of Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil |
References
- ↑ "Pipromorphidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=229.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/flycatchers/. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q869262 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antpipit.
Read more |