Thamnophilus
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close boxRelationships after Brumfield and Edwards (2007). This analysis also places three Sakesphorus species in Thamnophilus: S. bernardi (as sister taxon of [T. bridgesi + T. atrinucha]), S. melanothorax, and S. melanonotus.
References
Brumfield, R.T. and S. V. Edwards. 2007. Evolution into and out of the Andes: A Bayesian analysis of historical diversification in Thamnophilus antshrikes. Evolution 61(2):346-367.
Isler, M. L., P. R. Isler, and B. M. Whitney. 1997. Biogeography and systematics of the Thamnophilus punctatus (Thamnophilidae) complex. Ornithol. Monogr. 48:355–381.
Isler, M. L., P. R. Isler, B. M. Whitney, and B. Walker. 2001. Species limits in antbirds: the Thamnophilus punctatus complex continued. Condor 103:278-286.
Whitney, B. M., D. C. Oren, and R. T. Brumfield. 2004. A new species of Thamnophilus antshrike (Aves: Thamnophilidae) from the Serra do Divisor, Acre, Brazil. Auk 121:1031–1039.
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