Isleria
Sign in to saveIsleria is a genus of insectivorous birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. ==Species== The genus contains two species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Male !! Female !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px||||Isleria guttata||Rufous-bellied antwren|| Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. |- |120px||120px||Isleria hauxwelli||Plain-throated antwren|| Amazon Basin |- |}
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThamnophilidae
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Isleria is a genus of insectivorous birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. ==Species== The genus contains two species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Male !! Female !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px||||Isleria guttata||Rufous-bellied antwren|| Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. |- |120px||120px||Isleria hauxwelli||Plain-throated antwren|| Amazon Basin |- |}
These species were formerly placed in the genus Myrmotherula. A molecular genetic study published in 2012 found that Myrmotherula was not monophyletic. As a step in creating monophyletic genera, these two species were moved to the newly erected genus Isleria. The name of the genus was chosen to honour the American ornithologists Morton and Phyllis Isler.