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.
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| Neocossyphus rufus illustration from Die Vögel Afrikas | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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
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| Species | |
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N. poensis (Strickland, 1844) | |
Species edit
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: |
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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: |
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References edit
- ^ 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.
External links edit
Data related to Neocossyphus at Wikispecies
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