Isleria is a genus of insectivorous birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. Species The genus contains two species: Male Female Scientific name Common name Distribution Isleria guttataRufous-bellied antwren Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.Isleria hauxwelliPlain-throated antwren Amazon Basin
These species were formerly placed in the genus Myrmotherula. A molecular genetic study published in 2012 found that Myrmotherula was not monophyletic. As a step in creating monophyletic genera, these two species were moved to the newly erected genus Isleria. The name of the genus was chosen to honour the American ornithologists Morton and Phyllis Isler.
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