Editing Gnateater (section)

==Taxonomy==
The family Conopophagidae was introduced in 1877 by the English zoologist [[Alfred Henry Garrod]].<ref>{{ cite journal | last=Garrod | first=Alfred Henry | author-link=Alfred Henry Garrod | year=1877 | title=Notes on the anatomy of passerine birds. Part II | journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London | volume=1877:May-Dec. | pages=447–452 [452] | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28518366 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last1=Ames | first1=P. | last2=Heimerdinger | first2=M. | last3=Warter | first3=S. | date=1968 | title=The anatomy and systematic position of the antpipits Conopophaga and Corythopis | journal=Postilla | issue=114 | url=https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/peabody_museum_natural_history_postilla/114/ }}</ref> The family was formerly restricted to the gnateater genus ''Conopophaga'' but a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2005 found that the genus ''Pittasoma'' in the family [[Formicariidae]] was [[sister taxon|sister]] to ''Conopophaga''.<ref name=Rice2005a>{{Cite journal | last=Rice | first=Nathan H. | date=2005 | title=Phylogenetic relationships of antpitta genera (Passeriformes: Formicariidae) | journal=The Auk | volume=122 | issue=2 | pages=673–683 | doi=10.1093/auk/122.2.673 | doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=Rice2005b>{{Cite journal | last=Rice | first=Nathan H. | date=2005 | title=Further evidence for paraphyly of the Formicariidae (Passeriformes) | journal=The Condor | volume=107 | issue=4 | pages=910–915 | doi=10.1093/condor/107.4.910 | doi-access=free}}</ref> The association between this genus and ''Conopophaga'' is also supported by traits in their natural history, [[Morphology (biology)|morphology]], and vocalizations.<ref name=Rice2005a/> The members of this family are very closely related to the [[antbird]]s and less closely to the [[antpitta]]s and [[tapaculo]]s. Due to their remote and dim habitat, gnateaters are a little-studied and poorly known family of birds.