Gnateaters | |
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Chestnut-crowned gnateater (Conopophaga castaneiceps) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Parvorder: | Furnariida |
Family: | Conopophagidae Garrod, 1877 |
Genera | |
Conopophaga Vieillot, 1816 |
The gnateaters are a bird family, Conopophagidae, consisting of twelve small suboscine passerine species in two genera, which occur in South and Central America.