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Sakesphorus

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Sakesphorus is a genus of passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Sakesphorus is referenced by 459 other articles, and connects out to Maluridae, bird and passerines.

It is catalogued under topics including Bird genera, Birds of the Amazon rainforest and Sakesphorus.

Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Black-crested Antshrike

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilyThamnophilidae
Observations699
Observations recorded63,384

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
4
Family
Thamnophilidae
Collections
MZLU, FMNH
Recorded in
N/A, Brazil

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Thamnophilidae
Image
Black-crested Antshrike female.jpg
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Commons category
Sakesphorus
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Sakesphorus
topic's main category
Category:Sakesphorus
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Sakesphorus is a genus of passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae.

The genus Sakesphorus was erected by the British ornithologist Charles Chubb in 1918 with the black-crested antshrike as the type species. The name of genus is from the Ancient Greek sakesphoros "shield-bearing", from sakos "shield" and -phoros "-bearing".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sakesphorus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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