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Thamnomanes caesius - Cinereous antshrike

Thamnomanes caesius, male

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis: Sarcopterygii
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Cladus: 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
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Euornithes
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Ornithurae
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Telluraves
Cladus: Australaves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Tyranni
Infraordo: Tyrannides
Parvordo: Thamnophilida

Familia: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Thamnomanes
Species: Thamnomanes caesius
Subspecies: T. c. caesius – T. c. glaucus – T. c. hoffmannsi – T. c. persimilis – T. c. simillimus

Dubious taxon: T. c. intermedius

Name

Thamnomanes caesius (Temminck, 1820)

Type locality: Bahia, Brazil.

Synonyms

Muscicapa caesia (protonym)

Thamnomanes caesius - Cinereous Antshrike (female); Manacapuru, Amazonas, Brazil

Thamnomanes caesius, female

References

Temminck, C.J. & Meiffren Laugier de Chartrouse 1821–1838. Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d’oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon, édition in-folio et in-4° de l’Imprimerie nationale, 1770. Levrault, Paris. Vol. III. No. 241–361. BHL Reference page. Original description livr.3 BHL pl. 17 fig.1,2 BHL

Vernacular names
English: Cinereous Antshrike
español: Batará cinéreo
português do Brasil: Ipecuá
português: Uirapuru-de-bando

The cinereous antshrike (Thamnomanes caesius) is an insectivorous bird in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. The term cinereous describes its colouration. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The cinereous antshrike was described by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1820 and given the binomial name Muscicapa caesius.[2][3] It is now placed in the genus Thamnomanes which was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1847.[4] The specific epithet caesius is the Latin for "bluish gray".[5]

There are five subspecies:[6]

T. c. glaucus Cabanis, 1847 – east Colombia to northeast Peru, the Guianas and north Brazil
T. c. persimilis Hellmayr, 1907 – central Brazil
T. c. simillimus Gyldenstolpe, 1951 – south central Brazil
T. c. hoffmannsi Hellmayr, 1906 – east central Brazil
T. c. caesius (Temminck, 1820) – east Brazil

References

BirdLife International (2016). "Thamnomanes caesius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22701420A93828950. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22701420A93828950.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Temminck, Coenraad Jacob (1838) [1820]. Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon (in French). Vol. 3. Paris: F.G. Levrault. Plate 17, Figs. 1 & 2. The 5 volumes were originally issued in 102 parts, 1820-1839
Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 188.
Cabanis, Jean (1847). "Ornithologische notizen". Archiv für Naturgeschichte (in German). 13: 186–256 [230].
Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

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