| Sipia | |
|---|---|
| Dull-mantled antbird (Sipia laemosticta) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Sipia Hellmayr, 1924 |
| Type species | |
| Pyriglena berlepschi Hartert, 1898
| |
Sipia is a genus of passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae.
The genus contains four species:
- Dull-mantled antbird (Sipia laemosticta)
- Magdalena antbird (Sipia palliata)
- Esmeraldas antbird (Sipia nigricauda)
- Stub-tailed antbird (Sipia berlepschi)
These species were formerly placed in the genus Myrmeciza. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that Myrmeciza, as then defined, was polyphyletic. In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera these four species were moved to the resurrected genus Sipia which had been introduced by the Austrian ornithologist Carl Eduard Hellmayr in 1924.
References
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Isler, M.L.; Bravo, G.A.; Brumfield, R.T. (2013). "Taxonomic revision of Myrmeciza (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae) into 12 genera based on phylogenetic, morphological, behavioral, and ecological data" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3717 (4): 469–497. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3717.4.3. PMID 26176119.
- ^ Hellmayr, Carl Eduard (1924). Catalogue of Birds of the Americas and the Adjacent Islands. Field Museum Natural History Publications. Zoological Series. Vol. 13. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. p. 224.
- South American Classification Committee (February 22, 2016). "Proposal (#628) to South American Classification Committee – Reassign species currently placed in Myrmeciza into 12 genera". Retrieved January 28, 2018.
