The antpipits, Corythopis, are a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family, Tyrannidae. They are long-legged species that spend most of the time on the ground, which caused them to be placed incorrectly in other taxa.[1]
The genus Corythopis was introduced in 1836 by the Swedish zoologist Carl Jakob Sundevall to accommodate a single species, Myiothera calcarata Wied-Neuwied, which is therefore the type species by monotypy.[2] This name is a junior synonym of Muscicapa delalandi Lesson, RP, 1931, the southern antpipit.[3] The genus name Corythopis combines the Ancient Greek κορυθων/koruthōn meaning "lark" with ωψ/ōps, ωπος/ōpos meaning "appearance".[4]
The genus contains two species:[5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corythopis torquatus | Amazon Basin of Brazil and the Guianas, and Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and in eastern Venezuela | ||
| Corythopis delalandi | southern Brazil and the pantanal of Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil | ||
