Chamaeza
Genus of birds
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Chamaeza is a genus of South American birds in the family Formicariidae.
| Chamaeza | |
|---|---|
| |
| Striated antthrush (Chamaeza nobilis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Formicariidae |
| Genus: | Chamaeza Vigors, 1825 |
| Type species | |
| Chamaeza meruloides[1] Vigors, 1825 | |
The genus was erected by the Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors in 1825 with the cryptic antthrush (Chamaeza meruloides) as the type species.[2]
Species
The genus contains six species:[3]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Short-tailed antthrush | Chamaeza campanisona | Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina |
| Striated antthrush | Chamaeza nobilis | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. |
 | Cryptic antthrush | Chamaeza meruloides | southeastern Brazil. |
 | Rufous-tailed antthrush | Chamaeza ruficauda | Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil and far northeastern Argentina (only Misiones Province) |
| Schwartz's antthrush | Chamaeza turdina | Andes of Colombia and the Coastal Range in Venezuela. | |
| Barred antthrush | Chamaeza mollissima | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru | |