Philydor
Genus of birds
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Philydor is a genus of foliage-gleaners, birds in the ovenbird family Furnariidae.
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| Philydor | |
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| Black-capped foliage-gleaner | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Genus: | Philydor Spix, 1824 |
| Type species | |
| Anabates atricapillus[1] zu Wied-Neuwied, 1821 | |
Taxonomy
The genus Philydor was introduced in 1824 by the German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix.[2] The type species was subsequently designated as Anabates atricapillus Wied.[3] The genus name is from Ancient Greek φιλυδρος/philudros meaning "water-loving".[4]
The genus contains three species:[5]
- Cinnamon-rumped foliage-gleaner, Philydor pyrrhodes
- Black-capped foliage-gleaner, Philydor atricapillus
- † Alagoas foliage-gleaner, Philydor novaesi (extinct)
