Gymnopithys
| Gymnopithys | |
|---|---|
| Bicolored antbird (Gymnopithys bicolor) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Gymnopithys Bonaparte, 1857 |
| Type species | |
| Turdus pectoralis Latham, 1790 | |
Gymnopithys is a genus of passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae.
The species in this genus are specialist ant-followers that depend on swarms of army ants to flush arthropods out of the leaf litter.
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