Cercomacra

Cercomacra brasiliana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Thamnophilida

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Tyranni Infraordo: Tyrannides Parvordo: Thamnophilida

Familia: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Cercomacra
Species: C. brasiliana – C. carbonaria – C. cinerascens – C. ferdinandi – C. manu – C. melanaria – C. nigricans

Species transferred to Cercomacroides: C. fuscicauda – C. laeta – C. nigrescens – C. parkeri – C. serva – C. tyrannina

Name

Cercomacra P.L. Sclater, 1858

• Typus: Cercomacra brasiliana Hellmayr, 1905

References

Primary references

• Sclater, P.L. 1858. Synopsis of the American Ant-Birds (Formicariidae) Part II. Containing the Formicivorinae or Ant-Wrens. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Pt. 26 no. 362: 232–254. BHL Reference page.  Original description p. 244 BHL

Additional references

• Fitzpatrick, J.W. & Willard, D.E. 1990. Cercomacra manu, a new species of antbird from southwestern Amazonia. The Auk, 107(2): 239-245. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Raposo, M.A., Tello, J.G., Dickinson, E.C. & Brito, G.R.R. 2015. Remarks on the name Cercomacra Sclater, 1858 (Aves: Thamnophilidae) and its type species. Zootaxa 3914(1): 94–96. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.1.9 ; PDF Reference page. 
• Tello, J.G., Raposo, M.A., Bates, J.M., Bravo, G.A., Cadena, C.D. & Maldonado-Coelho, M. 2014. Reassessment of the systematics of the widespread genus Cercomacra (Aves: Thamnophilidae). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 170(3): 546–565. Full article (PDF). DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12116 Reference page. 

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