Sakesphorus

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: