Thamnophilus

Belongs within: Thamnophilidae.

Thamnophilus, antshrikes, is a genus of medium-sized antbirds with a bill that is shorter than the head and ends in a small hook.

<==Thamnophilus Vieillot 1816B94
    |  i. s.: T. atricapillusSS66
    |         T. corvinus Gould 1855 [incl. Diallactes melanocephalus, T. melanocephalus, T. melanoceps]SS66
    |         T. hyperythrusSS66
    |         T. melanurus Gould 1855SS66
    |         T. naeviusSS66
    |         T. radiatusSS66
    |--+--T. doliatusBKB15
    |  |    |--T. d. doliatusE52
    |  |    `--T. d. nigricristatusE52 [=T. radiatus nigricristatusS18]
    |  `--+--+--T. ruficapillusBKB15
    |     |  `--T. torquatusBKB15
    |     `--+--T. zarumaeBKB15
    |        `--+--T. multistriatusJT12
    |           `--+--T. palliatusBKB15
    |              `--T. tenuepunctatusBKB15
    `--+--+--T. bernardiBKB15 [=Sakesphorus bernardiJT12]
       |  `--+--T. atrinuchaBKB15 [=Erionotus punctatus atrinuchaS18, T. punctatus atrinuchaPP61]
       |     `--T. bridgesiBKB15
       `--+--+--T. murinusBKB15
          |  `--T. schistaceusBKB15
          `--+--+--T. melanonotusBKB15 [=Sakesphorus melanonotusJT12]
             |  `--+--T. amazonicusBKB15
             |     `--+--T. melanothoraxBKB15 [=Sakesphorus melanothoraxJT12]
             |        `--+--T. divisoriusBKB15
             |           `--T. insignisBKB15
             `--+--+--T. nigricepsBKB15
                |  `--T. praecoxBKB15
                `--+--+--T. cryptoleucusBKB15
                   |  `--T. nigrocinereusBKB15
                   `--+--+--T. caerulescensBKB15
                      |  `--+--T. unicolorBKB15
                      |     `--+--T. aethiopsBKB15
                      |        `--T. aroyaeBKB15
                      `--+--+--T. punctatusBKB15 [=Erionotus punctatusPP61]
                         |  |    |--T. p. punctatusPP61
                         |  |    `--T. p. subcinereus (Todd 1915) [=Erionotus punctatus subcinereus]PP61
                         |  `--T. stictocephalusBKB15
                         `--+--T. ambiguusBKB15
                            `--+--T. pelzelniBKB15
                               `--T. sticturusBKB15

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[E52] Eisenmann, E. 1952. Annotated list of birds of Barro Colorado Island, Panama Canal Zone. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 117 (5): 1–62.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[PP61] Phelps, W. H., & W. H. Phelps Jr. 1961. Notes on Venezuelan birds and description of a new subspecies of Trochilidae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 74: 3–6.

[SS66] Sclater, P. L., & O. Salvin. 1866. Catalogue of birds collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Uyacali, Eastern Peru, with notes and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 175–201.

[S18] Stone, W. 1918. Birds of the Panama Canal Zone, with special reference to a collection made by Mr. Lindsey L. Jewel. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 70: 239–280.