Drymophila
| Drymophila | |
|---|---|
| Ferruginous antbird (Drymophila ferruginea) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Tribe: | Pithyini |
| Genus: | Drymophila Swainson, 1824 |
| Type species | |
| Drymophila variegata Such, 1824 | |
| Species | |
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Drymophila is a bird genus in the antbird family (Thamnophilidae). It is a relative of the typical antwrens.
The genus Drymophila was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1824. The Drymophila antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family, known for thriving in a bamboo-rich environment such as South America by utilizing aspects of the bamboo to allow for a food source, shelter, and protection from predators The type species is the ferruginous antbird. The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek words drumos for "wood" or "copse" and philos "fond of".