Neocossyphus | |
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Neocossyphus rufus illustration from Die Vögel Afrikas | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Turdidae |
Subfamily: | Myadestinae |
Genus: | Neocossyphus Fischer, GA, 1884[1] |
Type species | |
Pseudocossyphus rufus[2] Fischer & Reichenow, 1884
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Species | |
N. poensis (Strickland, 1844) |
The ant thrushes are medium-sized insectivorous birds in the genus Neocossyphus of the thrush family Turdidae. These are African forest dwelling species. The genus Stizorhina is sometimes placed here.