Isleria
Genus of birds
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Isleria is a genus of insectivorous birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae.
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| Isleria | |
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| Rufous-bellied antwren (Isleria guttata) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Isleria Bravo, Chesser & Brumfield, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmothera guttata[1] Vieillot, 1824 | |
| Species | |
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I. guttata | |
Species
The genus contains two species:[2]
| Male | Female | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isleria guttata | Rufous-bellied antwren | Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. | |
.jpg) | ;_Carajas_National_Forest,_Para,_Brazil.jpg) | Isleria hauxwelli | Plain-throated antwren | Amazon Basin |
These species were formerly placed in the genus Myrmotherula. A molecular genetic study published in 2012 found that Myrmotherula was not monophyletic.[3] As a step in creating monophyletic genera, these two species were moved to the newly erected genus Isleria.[2][4] The name of the genus was chosen to honour the American ornithologists Morton and Phyllis Isler.[3]
