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Dysithamnus
Sign in to saveDysithamnus is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. Species in this genus are known as antvireos.
Species
Plain Antvireo
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThamnophilidae
Observations1,405
Observations recorded158,134
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 62
- With media
- 16
- Family
- Thamnophilidae
- Collections
- MLZ, LSUMZ, CLO, CM, UMZC, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Costa Rica, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Guyana
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Thamnophilidae
- Image
- Dysithamnus stictothorax - Spot-breasted Antvireo (male).jpg
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- Commons category
- Dysithamnus
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Dysithamnus
- topic's main category
- Category:Dysithamnus
- taxon range
- Brazil
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Encyclopedic overview
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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. The name combines the Ancient Greek words duō "to plunge" and thamnos "bush". The type species was subsequently designated as the spot-breasted antvireo.
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