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Chamaeza

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Chamaeza
Striated antthrush (Chamaeza nobilis)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Formicariidae
Genus: Chamaeza
Vigors, 1825
Type species
Chamaeza meruloides[1]
Vigors, 1825

Chamaeza is a genus of South American birds in the family Formicariidae.

The genus was erected by the Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors in 1825 with the cryptic antthrush (Chamaeza meruloides) as the type species.[2]

Species

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The genus contains six species:[3]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Short-tailed antthrush Chamaeza campanisona Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina
Striated antthrush Chamaeza nobilis Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Cryptic antthrush Chamaeza meruloides southeastern Brazil.
Rufous-tailed antthrush Chamaeza ruficauda Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil and far northeastern Argentina (only Misiones Province)
Schwartz's antthrush Chamaeza turdina Andes of Colombia and the Coastal Range in Venezuela.
Barred antthrush Chamaeza mollissima Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru

References

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  1. ^ "Formicariidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Vigors, Nicholas Aylward (1825). "Sketches in ornithology; or, observations on the leading affinities of some extensive groups of birds". Zoological Journal. 2: 368–405 [395].
  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antthrushes, antpittas, gnateaters, tapaculos, crescentchests". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 18 February 2018.