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Thripophaga

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Thripophaga
Thripophaga macroura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Thripophaga
Cabanis, 1847
Type species
Anabates macrourus[1]
zu Wied-Neuwied, 1821
Species

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Thripophaga is a genus of birds that popularly are known as softtails. They are members of the ovenbird family, Furnariidae. They are found in wooded and shrubby habitats, sometimes near water, in South America.

Taxonomy and systematics

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Softtails are closely related to Cranioleuca spinetails and the generic limits between these two genera were not clear in the past.[2] For example, the Russet-mantled Softtail, despite its English name, is a true Cranioleuca spinetail, and the speckled spinetail turned out to be part of Thripophaga.[2] Previous speculations suggesting a close relationship between Thripophaga and Phacellodomus were disproved.

Extant species

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The genus contains five species:

References

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  1. ^ "Funariidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ a b Derryberry, Elizabeth P.; Claramunt, Santiago; Derryberry, Graham; Chesser, R. Terry; Cracraft, Joel; Aleixo, Alexandre; Pérez-Emán, Jorge; Remsen Jr., J. V.; Brumfield, Robb T. (2011). "Lineage diversification and morphological evolution in a large-scale continental radiation: the Neotropical ovenbirds and woodcreepers (Aves: Furnariidae)". Evolution. 65 (10): 2973–2986. Bibcode:2011Evolu..65.2973D. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01374.x. ISSN 0014-3820. PMID 21967436.