Overview
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The flycatcher-thrushes are medium-sized insectivorous in the genus Neocossyphus of the thrush family Turdidae. Two species are commonly called "ant-thrushes"; these should not be confused with the antthrushes of the suboscine family Formicariidae, which are only very distantly related.
These are African forest dwelling species:
- Rufous Flycatcher-thrush, Neocossyphus fraseri
- Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush, Neocossyphus finschii
- Red-tailed Ant-thrush, Neocossyphus rufus
- White-tailed Ant-thrush, Neocossyphus poensis
Taxonomy
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- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Class: Aves
Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
- Subclass: Neornithes
Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass: Neoaves
- Superorder: Passerimorphae
- Order: Passeriformes
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Perching Birds
- Suborder: Passeri
- Parvorder: Passerida
- Superfamily: Muscicapoidea
- Family: Muscicapidae
- Old World Flycatchers
- Subfamily: Turdinae
- Genus: Neocossyphus
- Subfamily: Turdinae
- Family: Muscicapidae
- Old World Flycatchers
- Superfamily: Muscicapoidea
- Parvorder: Passerida
- Suborder: Passeri
- Order: Passeriformes
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Perching Birds
- Superorder: Passerimorphae
- Infraclass: Neoaves
- Subclass: Neornithes
Gadow, 1893
- Class: Aves
Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Genus Neocossyphus is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 15 species and subspecies in the Genus Neocossyphus: N. finschi · N. finschii (Finsch's Flycatcher Thrush) · N. fraseri (Rufous Flycatcher Thrush) · N. granti · N. poensis (White-Tailed Rufous Thrush) · N. poensis poensis (White-Tailed Rufous Thrush) · N. poensis praepectoralis (Semliki Red-Tailed Ant-Thrush) · N. praepectoralis · N. rufus (Red-Tailed Rufous Thrush) · N. rufus arrhenii · N. rufus gabunensis (Cameroon Red-Tailed Ant-Thrush) · N. rufus rufus (Red-Tailed Rufous Thrush)
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