Sakesphorus Explained

Sakesphorus is a genus of passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae.

The genus Sakesphorus was erected by the British ornithologist Charles Chubb in 1918 with the black-crested antshrike as the type species.^[1] The name of genus is from the Ancient Greek sakesphoros "shield-bearing", from sakos "shield" and -phoros "-bearing".^[2]

The genus contains the following species:^[3]

• Black-crested antshrike (Sakesphorus canadensis)
• Glossy antshrike (Sakesphorus luctuosus)

References

• Brumfield . R.T. . Edwards . S.V. . 2007 . Evolution into and out of the Andes: a Bayesian analysis of historical diversification in Thamnophilus antshrikes . Evolution . 61 . 2 . 346–367 . 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00039.x . 17348945 .

Notes and References

1. Chubb . Charles . Charles Chubb (ornithologist) . 1918 . Descriptions of new genera and a new subspecies of South American birds . Annals and Magazine of Natural History . series 9. 2 . 7 . 122–124 [123] . 10.1080/00222931808562350 .
2. Web site: Jobling . J.A. . 2018 . Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology . del Hoyo . J. . Elliott . A. . Sargatal . J. . Christie . D.A. . de Juana . E. . Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive . Lynx Edicions . 1 July 2018 .
3. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2018 . Antbirds . World Bird List Version 8.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 4 February 2018 .