Bush-warbler
Japanese bush-warbler
(Horornis diphone) probably belongs in a different genus.Bush-warblers (or bush warblers) are small
monophyletic.[1]
Due to their external similarity convergently acquired by strong selective pressures due to the identical habitat, they were occasionally believed to be close relatives. However, they belong to two well-distant families in the Sylvioidea, the "warbler-and-babbler" superfamily:
- Cettia, the cettiid bush-warblers or typical bush-warblers, belong in the Cettiidae, an ancient sylvioid lineage related to long-tailed tits.[1]
- Horornis, the horornid bush-warblers, also belonging in the Cettiidae, an ancient sylvioid lineage related to long-tailed tits.[1]
- Malagasy warblers and the peculiar black-capped donacobius from South America, formerly believed to be an aberrant wren.[1]
Footnotes
References
- Alström, P.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Olsson, U. & Sundberg, P. (2006): Phylogeny and classification of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea. PMID 16054402 PDF fulltext