''Entomodestes '' is a small genus of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...
s in the
thrush
Thrush may refer to:
Birds
* Thrush (bird), any of the birds in the family Turdidae
** List of thrush species
* Antthrushes, the Formicariidae family of birds
* Dohrn's warbler, or Dohrn's thrush-babbler, a species ''Sylvia dohrni'' in the famil ...
family. They are found in humid
Andean
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highland forest in
South America
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. The two species both have black underparts and head, and a white patch on the lower face, but differ in the colour of the back.
Species
References
* BirdLife International 2004.
Entomodestes leucotis 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
* BirdLife International 2004.
Entomodestes coracinus 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
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Bird genera