Gnateater

Gnateaters
Chestnut-crowned gnateater (Conopophaga castaneiceps)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Parvorder: Furnariida
Family: Conopophagidae
Garrod, 1877
Genera

Conopophaga Vieillot, 1816
Pittasoma Cassin, 1860

The gnateaters are a bird family, Conopophagidae, consisting of twelve small suboscine passerine species in two genera, which occur in South and Central America.