Calliope (genus)
| Calliope | |
|---|---|
| |
| Male Siberian rubythroat (Calliope calliope) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Subfamily: | Saxicolinae |
| Genus: | Calliope Gould, 1836 |
| Type species | |
| Calliope lathamii[1] Gould, 1836
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Calliope is a
Muscicapidae
.
The
sister species and not colour morphs of the same species as some publications had previously suggested.[6]
The genus Calliope was introduced by the English ornithologist
The genus contains the following five species:[4]
- Himalayan rubythroat (Calliope pectoralis)
- Chinese rubythroat (Calliope tschebaiewi) - formerly considered as a subspecies of the Himalayan rubythroat
- Siberian rubythroat (Calliope calliope)
- Firethroat (Calliope pectardens)
- Blackthroat (Calliope obscura)
References
- ^ "Muscicapidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- ISBN 978-0-7136-6536-9.
- PMID 20656044.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2016). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
- ^ Alström, P.; Song, G.; Zhang, R.; Gao, X.; Holt, P.I.; Olsson, U.; Lei, F. (2013). "Taxonomic status of Blackthroat Calliope obscura and Firethroat C. pectardens". Forktail. 29: 94–99.
- ^ Gould, John (1836). The Birds of Europe. Volume 2. London: J. Gould. Plate 118. The title page has the year as 1837. Plate 118 has legend: Gorget Warbler, Calhope lathamii. The list of plates at the beginning of the volume has Calliope.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr. (1964). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 33.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.