''Philydor'' is a
genus
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of
foliage-gleaners, birds in the ovenbird family
Furnariidae.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Philydor'' was introduced in 1824 by the German naturalist
Johann Baptist von Spix
Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix (9 February 1781 – 13 March 1826) was a German natural history, biologist. From his expedition to Brazil, he brought to Germany a large variety of specimens of plants, insects, mammals, birds, amphibians and fish. ...
. The
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
was subsequently designated as ''Anabates atricapillus''
Wied. The genus name is from
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...
φιλυδρος/''philudros'' meaning "water-loving".
The genus contains three species:
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Cinnamon-rumped foliage-gleaner, ''Philydor pyrrhodes''
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Black-capped foliage-gleaner, ''Philydor atricapillus''
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Alagoas foliage-gleaner, ''Philydor novaesi'' (extinct)
References
Bird genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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