Thamnophilus

Thamnophilus
	female barred antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thamnophilidae
Genus:	Thamnophilus; Vieillot, 1816
Type species
	Lanius doliatus; Linnaeus, 1766
Species
	see text.

Thamnophilus is a genus of antbird in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. The species in this genus are commonly known as antshrikes. They are insectivores that feed by gleaning prey from foliage and are found in the Neotropics.

The genus Thamnophilus was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816.^[2] The name combines the Ancient Greek words thamnos "bush" and philos "loving".^[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the barred antshrike.^[4]

The genus contains the following species:^[5]

Collared antshrike, Thamnophilus bernardi
Black-backed antshrike, Thamnophilus melanonotus
Band-tailed antshrike, Thamnophilus melanothorax
Barred antshrike, Thamnophilus doliatus
Chapman's antshrike, Thamnophilus zarumae
Bar-crested antshrike, Thamnophilus multistriatus
Chestnut-backed antshrike, Thamnophilus palliatus
Lined antshrike, Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus
Black-hooded antshrike, Thamnophilus bridgesi
Black antshrike, Thamnophilus nigriceps
Cocha antshrike, Thamnophilus praecox
Blackish-grey antshrike, Thamnophilus nigrocinereus
Castelnau's antshrike, Thamnophilus cryptoleucus
White-shouldered antshrike, Thamnophilus aethiops
Uniform antshrike, Thamnophilus unicolor
Upland antshrike, Thamnophilus aroyae
Plain-winged antshrike, Thamnophilus schistaceus
Mouse-colored antshrike, Thamnophilus murinus
Black-crowned antshrike, Thamnophilus atrinucha
Northern slaty antshrike, Thamnophilus punctatus
Natterer's slaty antshrike, Thamnophilus stictocephalus
Bolivian slaty antshrike, Thamnophilus sticturus
Planalto slaty antshrike, Thamnophilus pelzelni
Sooretama slaty antshrike, Thamnophilus ambiguus
Acre antshrike, Thamnophilus divisorius
Streak-backed antshrike, Thamnophilus insignis
Amazonian antshrike, Thamnophilus amazonicus
Variable antshrike, Thamnophilus caerulescens
Rufous-winged antshrike, Thamnophilus torquatus
Rufous-capped antshrike, Thamnophilus ruficapillus

References

^ "Thamnophilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
^ Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville - self. p. 40.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 383. 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. 162–163.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 February 2018.

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[HM4-1] "Thamnophilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.

[2] Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville - self. p. 40.

[3] Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 383. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

[4] Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 162–163.

[ioc-5] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 February 2018.

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