Oneillornis
Genus of birds
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Oneillornis is a genus of passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae. The species are native to the Amazon rainforest of South America.
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| Oneillornis | |
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| Oneillornis salvini | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Oneillornis Isler, Bravo & Brumfield, 2014 |
The genus contains two species:[1]
- White-throated antbird (Oneillornis salvini)
- Lunulated antbird (Oneillornis lunulatus)
These two species were at one time included in the genus Gymnopithys. They were moved to this newly erected genus based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014. The type species is the lunulated antbird.[2]
These species are specialist ant-followers that depend on swarms of army ants to flush insects and other arthropods out of the leaf litter.[3]
