Antpipit
Genus of birds
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Southern antpipit (Corythopis delalandi) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Corythopis Sundevall, 1836 |
Type species | |
Myiothera calcarata[1] zu Wied, 1831 |
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.
The genus contains two species:[2]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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![]() | Corythopis torquatus | Ringed antpipit | Amazon Basin of Brazil and the Guianas, and Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and in eastern Venezuela |
![]() | Corythopis delalandi | Southern antpipit | southern Brazil and the pantanal of Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil |
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Genera of passerines and their extinct allies
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Clade: Psittacopasseres
- Order: Passeriformes
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