Foothill schiffornis

Species of bird

Foothill schiffornis

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Passeriformes
Family:  | Tityridae
Genus:  | Schiffornis
Species:  |

S. aenea

Binomial name
Schiffornis aenea

Zimmer, 1936

Flock of Schiffornis aenea chirping

The foothill schiffornis (Schiffornis aenea) is a Neotropical species of bird in the family Tityridae.

## Taxonomy

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The foothill schiffornis was traditionally been placed in the manakin family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae,[2] where it is now placed by the South American Classification Committee.

The species was split by the AOU in 2013 from the species complex thrush-like schiffornis.[3]

## Description

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It is medium-sized, about 24 cm (9 in.) long.

## Distribution and habitat

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It is found central Ecuador and northern Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

## References

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1. ^ BirdLife International. (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Schiffornis aenea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103677427A112282546. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103677427A112282546.en. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
2. ^ Adopt the Family Tityridae Archived May 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine \- South American Classification Committee (2007)
3. ^ Nyári, Á. S. 2007. Phylogeographic patterns, molecular and vocal differentiation, and species limits in Schiffornis turdina (Aves). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 154–164

Taxon identifiers

Schiffornis aenea|

* Wikidata: Q10818946
* Wikispecies: Schiffornis aenea
* BirdLife: 103677427
* BOW: thlsch8
* eBird: thlsch8
* EoL: 36654860
* GBIF: 7850153
* iNaturalist: 201098
* IUCN: 103677427
* NCBI: 2767933
* Neotropical: thlsch8
* Open Tree of Life: 6153773
* Xeno-canto: Schiffornis-aenea