Sakesphorus | |
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Female black-crested antshrike | |
Female glossy antshrike | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: | Sakesphorus Chubb, 1918 |
Type species | |
Lanius canadensis Linnaeus, 1766 | |
Species | |
2, see text |
Sakesphorus is a genusofpasserine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae.
The genus Sakesphorus was erected by the British ornithologist Charles Chubb in 1918 with the black-crested antshrike as the type species.[1] The name of genus is from the Ancient Greek sakesphoros "shield-bearing", from sakos "shield" and -phoros "-bearing".[2]
The genus contains the following species:[3]
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