Chamaeza is a genus of South American birds in the family Formicariidae.
The genus was erected by the Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors in 1825 with the cryptic antthrush (Chamaeza meruloides) as the type species.
Species
The genus contains six species:
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Common name
Scientific name
Distribution
Short-tailed antthrush
Chamaeza campanisona
Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina
Striated antthrush
Chamaeza nobilis
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Cryptic antthrush
Chamaeza meruloides
southeastern Brazil.
Rufous-tailed antthrush
Chamaeza ruficauda
Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil and far northeastern Argentina (only Misiones Province)
Schwartz's antthrush
Chamaeza turdina
Andes of Colombia and the Coastal Range in Venezuela.
Barred antthrush
Chamaeza mollissima
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
