Genus of birds
Pithys genus of insectivorous passerine binds in the antbird family , Thamnophilidae.
The species in this genus are specialist ant-followers that depend on swarms of army ants to flush insects and other arthropods out of the leaf litter.[ 2]
The genus was erected by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1818.[ 3] type species is the white-plumed antbird (Pithys albifrons ).[ 4] [ 5]
Species
Image
Scientific name
Common Name
Distribution
Pithys albifrons White-plumed antbird Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana
Pithys castaneus White-masked antbird Peru.
References
^ "Thamnophilidae" . aviansystematics.org . The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16 .^ Zimmer, K.; Isler, M.L. (2018) [2003]. del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)" Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive . Lynx Edicions. doi :10.2173/bow.thamno3.01 . S2CID 216492154 . Retrieved 17 February 2018 . ^ Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1818). Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc doi :10.5962/bhl.title.20211 .^ Peters, James Lee , ed. (1951). Check-list of Birds of the World ^ Gill, Frank ; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Antbirds" . World Bird List Version 8.1 . International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 February 2018 .
