Thrush-like schiffornis explained

Thrush-like schiffornis is a species complex that has been split into five species:

• Brown-winged schiffornis, Schiffornis turdina
• Russet-winged schiffornis, Schiffornis stenorhyncha
• Foothill schiffornis, Schiffornis aenea
• Northern schiffornis, Schiffornis veraepacis
• Guianan schiffornis, Schiffornis olivacea

Each of these species was split from the species complex by the American Ornithologists' Union in 2013.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Nyári, Á. S. 2007. "Phylogeographic patterns, molecular and vocal differentiation, and species limits in Schiffornis turdina (Aves)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 154–164