Dysithamnus is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. Species in this genus are known as antvireos.
Taxonomy
The genus Dysithamnus was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1847.[2] The name combines the Ancient Greek words duō "to plunge" and thamnos "bush".[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the spot-breasted antvireo.[4]
A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2020 found that the genus Dysithamnus was not monophyletic. The spot-crowned antvireo (Dysithamnus puncticeps) and the streak-crowned antvireo (Dysithamnus striaticeps) were sister to a clade containing the remaining species in the genus Dysithamnus and the antwrens in the genus Herpsilochmus.[5]
The genus contains the following eight species:[6]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Spot-breasted antvireo | Dysithamnus sticothorax | Atlantic Forest |
 | Plain antvireo | Dysithamnus mentalis | Central America and northern South America |
 | Streak-crowned antvireo | Dysithamnus striaticeps | Central America |
 | Spot-crowned antvireo | Dysithamnus puncticeps | northern Panama and Tumbes–Chocó–Magdalena |
 | Rufous-backed antvireo | Dysithamnus xanthopterus | southern Atlantic Forest |
 | White-streaked antvireo | Dysithamnus leucostictus | northern Andes |
 | Plumbeous antvireo | Dysithamnus plumbeus | Bahia forests |
 | Bicolored antvireo | Dysithamnus occidentalis | northern Andes |
References
- ↑ "Thamnophilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ↑ Cabanis, Jean (1847). "Ornithologische notizen". Archiv für Naturgeschichte (in German). 13: 186–256 [223].
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 142. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 181–182.
- ↑ Harvey, M.G.; et al. (2020). "The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot". Science. 370 (6522): 1343–1348. doi:10.1126/science.aaz6970. hdl:10138/329703. A high resolution version of the phylogenetic tree in Figure 1 is available from the first author's website here.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
