Neocossyphus
{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
{{automatic taxobox
| image = Neocossyphus rufus from Die Vögel Afrikas (1900).jpg
| image_caption = Neocossyphus rufus illustration from Die Vögel Afrikas
| taxon = Neocossyphus
| authority = Fischer, GA, 1884Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.1). https://www.worldbirdnames.org
| type_species = Pseudocossyphus rufus{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/checklist?viewfamilies=182 |title= Turdidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-15}}
| type_species_authority = Fischer & Reichenow, 1884
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = N. poensis (Strickland, 1844)
N. rufus (Fischer & Reichenow, 1884)
}}
The ant thrushes are medium-sized insectivorous birds in the genus Neocossyphus of the thrush family Turdidae. These are African forest dwelling species. The genus Stizorhina is sometimes placed here.
Species
The following species are currently recognized:{{ITIS|id=557952 |taxon=Neocossyphus |accessdate=1 January 2012}}
{{Species table |genus= Neocossyphus |authority-name=Fischer, GA |authority-year=1884 |species-count=two|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}
{{Species table/row
|name=White-tailed ant thrush |binomial=Neocossyphus poensis
|image=File:Neocossyphus poensis from Die Vögel Afrikas (1900).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Strickland|authority-year=1844 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.
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|iucn-status= LC
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{{Species table/row
|name= Red-tailed ant thrush|binomial=Neocossyphus rufus
|image=File:Neocossyphus rufus rufus 277965819.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Fischer & Reichenow|authority-year=1884 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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References
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Category:Birds of Central Africa
Category:Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa
Category:Taxa named by Gustav Fischer
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