Changes: Pittasoma

Pittasoma
	Rufous-crowned Antpitta, Pittasoma rufopileatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Conopophagidae
Genus:	Pittasoma ; Cassin, 1860
species
	P. michleri; P. rufopileatum

Latest revision as of 19:57, 3 September 2014

Pittasoma is a genus of birds in the gnateater family. Its two members breed in subtropical or tropical moist forest in South and Central America, specifically the Chocó, and Panama and Costa Rica. Formerly placed in the family Formicariidae, they were reclassified to Conopophagidae following analysis of mtDNA cytochrome b and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 sequences (Rice, 2005a,b). The association between the genus Pittasoma and the 'traditional' gnateaters is also supported by traits in their natural history, morphology, vocalizations (Rice, 2005a).

They are round, short-tailed, and long-legged birds, 16–19 cm (6-7½ inches) in length, making them the largest members of the gnateater family. These terrestrial birds are quite upright when standing. Sexes differ in plumage, but sexual dichromatism is less pronounced than in most members of the other gnateater genus, Conopophaga. They are insectivorous.

The species are

Black-crowned Antpitta, Pittasoma michleri
Rufous-crowned Antpitta, Pittasoma rufopileatum

References

Rice, Nathan H. (2005a): Phylogenetic relationships of antpitta genera (Passeriformes: Formicariidae). Auk 122(2): 673-683. [English with Spanish abstract] DOI:10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0673:PROAGP]2.0.CO;2 PDF fulltext

Rice, Nathan H. (2005b): Further Evidence for Paraphyly of the Formicariidae (Passeriformes). Condor 107(4): 910-915. [English with Spanish abstract] doi:10.1650/7696.1 PDF fulltext

Whitney, B.M. (2003) Family Conopophagidae (Gnateaters) Pp 732–748 in del Hoyo J., Elliott A. & Christie D.A. (2003) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 8. Broadbills to Tapaculos Lynx Edicions, Barcelona ISBN 84-87334-50-4

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 ==References==
-*Rice, Nathan H. (2005a): Phylogenetic relationships of antpitta genera (Passeriformes: Formicariidae). ''[[Auk (journal)|Auk]]'' '''122'''(2): 673-683. [English with Spanish abstract] <small>[[Digital Object Identifier|DOI]]:10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0673:PROAGP]2.0.CO;2</small> [http://www.ansp.org/research/biodiv/ornithology/pdf/antpitta-phylogeny.pdf PDF fulltext]
+*Rice, Nathan H. (2005a): Phylogenetic relationships of antpitta genera (Passeriformes: Formicariidae). ''[[Auk (journal)|Auk]]'' '''122'''(2): 673-683. [English with Spanish abstract] <small>[[Digital Object Identifier|DOI]]:10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0673:PROAGP]2.0.CO;2</small> [http://web.archive.org/web/20100505071752/http://www.ansp.org/research/biodiv/ornithology/pdf/antpitta-phylogeny.pdf PDF fulltext]
-*Rice, Nathan H. (2005b): Further Evidence for Paraphyly of the Formicariidae (Passeriformes). ''[[Condor (journal)|Condor]]'' '''107'''(4): 910-915. [English with Spanish abstract] <small>{{DOI|10.1650/7696.1}}</small> [http://www.ansp.org/research/biodiv/ornithology/pdf/antbird-paraphyly.pdf PDF fulltext]
+*Rice, Nathan H. (2005b): Further Evidence for Paraphyly of the Formicariidae (Passeriformes). ''[[Condor (journal)|Condor]]'' '''107'''(4): 910-915. [English with Spanish abstract] <small>{{DOI|10.1650/7696.1}}</small> [http://web.archive.org/web/20110929155128/http://www.ansp.org/research/biodiv/ornithology/pdf/antbird-paraphyly.pdf PDF fulltext]
 *Whitney, B.M. (2003) Family Conopophagidae (Gnateaters) Pp 732–748 in del Hoyo J., Elliott A. & Christie D.A. (2003) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 8. Broadbills to Tapaculos'' Lynx Edicions, Barcelona ISBN 84-87334-50-4