Thamnomanes

Thamnomanes is a genus of insectivorous birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. They are restricted to the Neotropics and are important components of forest mixed-species feeding flocks.

Thamnomanes
Bluish-slate antshrike (Thamnomanes schistogynus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thamnophilidae
Genus:	Thamnomanes Cabanis, 1847
Type species
Lanius caesia[1] Lichtenstein, 1823
Species
4, see text

The genus Thamnomanes was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1847.^[2] The name combines the Ancient Greek words thamnos "bush" and -manēs "fond of".^[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the cinereous antshrike.^[4]

This genus contains the following species:^[5]

Image	Common Name	Scientific Name	Distribution
	Dusky-throated antshrike	Thamnomanes ardesiacus	Amazonia
	Cinereous antshrike	Thamnomanes caesius	Amazonia
	Saturnine antshrike	Thamnomanes saturninus	southern Amazonia
	Bluish-slate antshrike	Thamnomanes schistogynus	southwestern Amazonia