Hylophylax is a genus of bird in the family Thamnophilidae.

The genus Hylophylax was erected by the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway in 1909 with the spotted antbird as the type species.

[2] It contains three species:[3] The common scale-backed antbird was formerly included in Hylophylax.

A molecular study found that it was not closely related to the other species and it was therefore moved to a newly erected genus Willisornis.

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