- The ant
thrushes are medium-sized
insectivorous birds in the
genus Neocossyphus of the
thrush family ****idae.
These are
African forest dwelling species...
-
African forest dwelling species. They are
sometimes placed in the
genus Neocossyphus. The
following species are
currently recognized: "Stizorhina". Integrated...
- The red-tailed ant
thrush (
Neocossyphus rufus), also
known as the red-tailed
rufous thrush, is a
species of bird in the
family ****idae. It is
found in...
- The white-tailed ant
thrush (
Neocossyphus poensis), also
known as the white-tailed
rufous thrush, is a
species of bird in the
family ****idae. It is widespread...
- the
family ****idae,
along with the
genera Sialia (the bluebirds) and
Neocossyphus (African ant-thrushes).
Thrushes in
three genera are
called "solitaires":...
-
Sialia –
bluebirds (3 species)
Stizorhina –
rufous thrushes (2 species)
Neocossyphus – ant
thrushes (2 species)
Pinarornis –
boulder chat
Myadestes – solitaires...
- much less on ant
swarms than two of its
fellow members of the
genus Neocossyphus, the white-tailed and red-tailed ant thrushes.
Instead it
catches insects...
-
sequences published in 2005
found that Sialia,
Myadestes (solitaires) and
Neocossyphus (African ant-thrushes)
formed a
basal clade in the
family ****idae. Within...
- P****eriformes Family: ****idae Genus:
Stizorhina Species: S. fraseri
Binomial name
Stizorhina fraseri (Strickland, 1844)
Synonyms Neocossyphus fraseri...
- al.
found support in a
basal clade consisting of the
genera Sialia,
Neocossyphus, Stizorhina, and
Myadestes to be
sister to the rest of the thrushes....
