Entomodestes

Entomodestes
Entomodestes coracinus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Entomodestes
Stejneger, 1883
Type species
Ptilogonys leucotis
von Tschudi, 1844
Species

E. coracinus
E. leucotis

Entomodestes is a small genus of birds in the thrush family. They are found in humid Andean highland forest in South America. The two species both have black underparts and head, and a white patch on the lower face, but differ in the colour of the back.

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