Sakesphorus

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Sakesphorus is a genus of passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. The genus Sakesphorus was erected by the British ornithologist Charles Chubb in 1918 with the black-crested antshrike as the type species. The name of genus is from the Ancient Greek sakesphoros "shield-bearing", from sakos "shield" and -phoros "-bearing". The genus contains the following species:

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