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Epinecrophylla
Sign in to saveThe stipplethroats are a genus Epinecrophylla of South and Central American passerine birds in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. They were previously included in the genus Myrmotherula as the "stipple-throated group".
Species
Checker-throated Stipplethroat
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThamnophilidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 41
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Thamnophilidae
- Collections
- CLO, LSUMZ
- Recorded in
- Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
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The stipplethroats are a genus Epinecrophylla of South and Central American passerine birds in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. They were previously included in the genus Myrmotherula as the "stipple-throated group".
==Taxonomy== The genus Epinecrophylla was erected in 2006 by the American ornithologists Morton Isler and Robb Brumfield with Formicivora haematonota Sclater, 1857, the rufous-backed stipplethroat, as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek επι/epi meaning "on" with νεκρος/nekros meaning "dead" and φυλλον/phullon meaning "leaf".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Epinecrophylla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.