Dysithamnus
Genus of birds
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Dysithamnus is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. Species in this genus are known as antvireos.
| Dysithamnus | |
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| Plain antvireo (Dysithamnus mentalis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Dysithamnus Cabanis, 1847 |
| Type species | |
| Myothera stictothorax[1] Temminck, 1823 | |
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Taxonomy
The genus Dysithamnus was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1847.[2] The name combines the Ancient Greek words duō "to plunge" and thamnos "bush".[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the spot-breasted antvireo.[4]
A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2020 found that the genus Dysithamnus was not monophyletic. The spot-crowned antvireo (Dysithamnus puncticeps) and the streak-crowned antvireo (Dysithamnus striaticeps) were sister to a clade containing the remaining species in the genus Dysithamnus and the antwrens in the genus Herpsilochmus.[5]
The genus contains the following eight species:[6]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Spot-breasted antvireo | Dysithamnus sticothorax | Atlantic Forest |
| Plain antvireo | Dysithamnus mentalis | Central America and northern South America |
 | Streak-crowned antvireo | Dysithamnus striaticeps | Central America |
 | Spot-crowned antvireo | Dysithamnus puncticeps | northern Panama and Tumbes–Chocó–Magdalena |
.jpg) | Rufous-backed antvireo | Dysithamnus xanthopterus | southern Atlantic Forest |
 | White-streaked antvireo | Dysithamnus leucostictus | northern Andes |
 | Plumbeous antvireo | Dysithamnus plumbeus | Bahia forests |
 | Bicolored antvireo | Dysithamnus occidentalis | northern Andes |
