Schiffornis
Genus of birds
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Schiffornis is a genus of South American bird in the family Tityridae. It has traditionally been placed in the manakin family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae,[1] where now placed by SACC. In addition to schiffornis, they are sometimes referred to as mourners; a name shared with members of the genera Laniocera, Laniisoma and Rhytipterna.
| Schiffornis | |
|---|---|
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| Greenish schiffornis (Schiffornis virescens) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tityridae |
| Subfamily: | Tityrinae |
| Genus: | Schiffornis Bonaparte, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Muscicapa turdina Wied-Neuwied, 1831 | |
Taxonomy
The genus Schiffornis was introduced in 1854 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte.[2] Although Bonaparte listed three species in his new genus, two of these were undescribed and therefore nomina nuda.[3] The remaining species, Muscicapa turdina Wied-Neuwied, 1831, the brown-winged schiffornis, becomes the type species of the genus by virtual monotypy.[4] The genus name Schiffornis combines the last name of the German physiologist Moritz Schiff with the Ancient Greek ορνις/ornis, ορνιθος/ornithos meaning "bird".[5]
Species
The genus contains seven species.[6]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Schiffornis major | Varzea schiffornis | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru; also regions of Venezuela |
 | Schiffornis turdina | Brown-winged schiffornis | Amazonia and eastern Brazil. |
 | Schiffornis stenorhyncha | Russet-winged schiffornis | from Panama to northern Colombia and northern Venezuela. |
 | Schiffornis aenea | Foothill schiffornis | central Ecuador and northern Peru |
.jpg) | Schiffornis veraepacis | Northern schiffornis | southeast Mexico to western Colombia and Venezuela. |
.jpg) | Schiffornis olivacea | Guianan schiffornis | southeast Venezuela to Guyana and north central Brazil. |
| Schiffornis virescens | Greenish schiffornis | southern Brazil, also eastern Paraguay, and extreme northeastern Argentina |