Hafferia
| Hafferia | |
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| Zeledon's antbird (Hafferia zeledoni) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Hafferia Isler, ML, Bravo & Brumfield, 2013 |
| Type species | |
| Thamnophilus immaculatus Lafresnaye, 1845
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Hafferia is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae.
The genus contains three species:[1]
- Sooty antbird (Hafferia fortis)
- Blue-lored antbird (Hafferia immaculata)
- Zeledon's antbird (Hafferia zeledoni)
These species were formerly included in the genus Myrmeciza. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that Myrmeciza, as then defined, was polyphyletic.[2] In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera these three species were moved to the newly erected genus Hafferia with the blue-lored antbird as the type species.[1] The name of the new genus was chosen to commemorate the German ornithologist Jürgen Haffer.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b Isler, M.L.; Bravo, G.A.; Brumfield, R.T. (2013). "Taxonomic revision of Myrmeciza (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae) into 12 genera based on phylogenetic, morphological, behavioral, and ecological data" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3717 (4): 469–497. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3717.4.3. PMID 26176119.
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