Antpipit

The antpipits, Corythopis, are a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. These are long legged species that spend most of the time on the ground.

Antpipit
Southern antpipit (Corythopis delalandi)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Corythopis
Sundevall, 1836
Type species
Myiothera calcarata[1]
zu Wied, 1831

The genus contains two species:[2]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Corythopis torquatusRinged antpipitAmazon Basin of Brazil and the Guianas, and Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and in eastern Venezuela
Corythopis delalandiSouthern antpipitsouthern Brazil and the pantanal of Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil

References

  1. "Pipromorphidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
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