Antpipit
Antpipit | |
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Southern antpipit (Corythopis delalandi) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Corythopis Sundevall, 1836 |
Type species | |
Myiothera calcarata[1] zu Wied, 1831 |
The antpipits, Corythopis, are a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family, Tyrannidae. They are long-legged species that spend most of the time on the ground, which caused them to be placed incorrectly in other taxa.[citation needed]
The genus contains two species:[2]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Corythopis torquatus | Ringed antpipit | Amazon Basin of Brazil and the Guianas, and Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and in eastern Venezuela | |
Corythopis delalandi | Southern antpipit | southern Brazil and the pantanal of Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil |
References
[edit]- ^ "Pipromorphidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 June 2019.