| Gymnopithys | |
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| Bicolored antbird (Gymnopithys bicolor) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Gymnopithys Bonaparte, 1857 |
| Type species | |
| Turdus pectoralis[1] Latham, 1790 | |
Gymnopithys is a genus ofpasserine birds in the antbird family,Thamnophilidae.
The species in this genus are specialistant-followers that depend on swarms ofarmy ants to flusharthropods out of the leaf litter.[2]
The genusGymnopithys was introduced by the French ornithologistCharles Lucien Bonaparte in 1857 with therufous-throated antbird as thetype species.[3][4] The nameGymnopithys combines theAncient Greekgumnos meaning "bare" or "naked" with the name of the antbird genusPithys that was erected by the French ornithologistLouis Pierre Vieillot in 1818.[5] Thewhite-cheeked antbird and thebicolored antbird were formerly considered asconspecific. They were split into separate species based on the results of a genetic study published in 2007 that found that the white-cheeked antbird was more similar to the rufous-throated antbird than it was to the bicolored antbird.[6][7]
The genus contains three species:[8]
The genus previously included thewhite-throated antbird and thelunulated antbird but when amolecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found thatGymnopithys waspolyphyletic, these two species were moved to a new genusOneillornis to createmonophyletic genera.[8][9]
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