Sakesphorus

Sakesphorus is a genus of passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae.

Sakesphorus
Female black-crested antshrike
Female glossy antshrike
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thamnophilidae
Genus:	Sakesphorus Chubb, 1918
Type species
Lanius canadensis Linnaeus, 1766
Species
2, see text

The genus Sakesphorus was erected by the British ornithologist Charles Chubb in 1918 with the black-crested antshrike as the type species.^[1] The name of genus is from the Ancient Greek sakesphoros "shield-bearing", from sakos "shield" and -phoros "-bearing".^[2]

The genus contains the following species:^[3]

• Black-crested antshrike (Sakesphorus canadensis)
• Glossy antshrike (Sakesphorus luctuosus)