Schiffornis
| Schiffornis | |
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| Greenish schiffornis (Schiffornis virescens) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tityridae |
| Subfamily: | Tityrinae |
| Genus: | Schiffornis Bonaparte, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Muscicapa turdina Wied-Neuwied, 1831
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Schiffornis is a genus of South American bird in the family Tityridae. It has traditionally been placed in the manakin family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae,[1] where now placed by SACC. In addition to schiffornis, they are sometimes referred to as mourners; a name shared with members of the genera Laniocera, Laniisoma and Rhytipterna.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Schiffornis was introduced in 1854 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte.[2] Although Bonaparte listed three species in his new genus, two of these were undescribed and therefore nomina nuda.[3] The remaining species, Muscicapa turdina Wied-Neuwied, 1831, the brown-winged schiffornis, becomes the type species of the genus by virtual monotypy.[4] The genus name Schiffornis combines the last name of the German physiologist Moritz Schiff with the Ancient Greek ορνις/ornis, ορνιθος/ornithos meaning "bird".[5]
Species
[edit]The genus contains seven species.[6]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Schiffornis major | Varzea schiffornis | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru; also regions of Venezuela |
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Schiffornis turdina | Brown-winged schiffornis | Amazonia and eastern Brazil. |
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Schiffornis stenorhyncha | Russet-winged schiffornis | from Panama to northern Colombia and northern Venezuela. |
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Schiffornis aenea | Foothill schiffornis | central Ecuador and northern Peru |
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Schiffornis veraepacis | Northern schiffornis | southeast Mexico to western Colombia and Venezuela. |
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Schiffornis olivacea | Guianan schiffornis | southeast Venezuela to Guyana and north central Brazil. |
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Schiffornis virescens | Greenish schiffornis | southern Brazil, also eastern Paraguay, and extreme northeastern Argentina |
References
[edit]- ^ Adopt the Family Tityridae - South American Classification Committee (2007)
- ^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1854). "Conspectus volucrum anisodactylorum". In de Luca, Serafino; Müller, D. (eds.). L'Ateneo Italiano; raccolta di documenti e memorie relative al progresso delle scienze fisiche (in Italian). Vol. 2. Parigi [Paris]: Victor Masson. pp. 311-321 [314].
- ^ Oberholser, Harry C. (1920). "Note on the generic names Schiffornis Bonaparte and Scotothorus Oberholser". Auk. 37: 454–455.
- ^ Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 246.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "Schiffornis". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
- ^ AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
