Conopophaga
Sign in to saveConopophaga is a genus of birds in the gnateater family. Its members are found in forest and woodland in South America.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyConopophagidae
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- gnateaters
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- Conopophaga castaneiceps.jpg
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- Taxonomy and species list
- Distribution and habitat
- Food and feeding
- References
Conopophaga is a genus of birds in the gnateater family. Its members are found in forest and woodland in South America.
== Taxonomy and species list == The genus Conopophaga was introduced in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot. The name combines the Ancient Greek kōnōps meaning "gnat" with -phagos meaning "-eating". The type species was subsequently designated as the chestnut-belted gnateater by George Robert Gray in 1840. The genus now contains ten species, all with "gnateater" in their common names.