Neocossyphus
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Genus of birds
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| Neocossyphus rufus illustration from Die Vögel Afrikas | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Subfamily: | Myadestinae |
| Genus: | Neocossyphus Fischer, GA, 1884[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pseudocossyphus rufus[2] Fischer & Reichenow, 1884 | |
| Species | |
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N. poensis (Strickland, 1844) | |
The ant thrushes are medium-sized insectivorous birds in the genus Neocossyphus of the thrush family Turdidae. These are African forest dwelling species. The genus Stizorhina is sometimes placed here.
The following species are currently recognized:[3]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| White-tailed ant thrush
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Neocossyphus poensis (Strickland, 1844) |
Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Red-tailed ant thrush
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Neocossyphus rufus (Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) |
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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References
- ↑ Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.1). https://www.worldbirdnames.org
- ↑ "Turdidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- ↑ "Neocossyphus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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