Cettiidae
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Cetti's warbler, Cettia cetti | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Superfamily: | Sylvioidea |
Family: | Cettiidae Alström, Ericson, Olsson, & Sundberg, 2006 |
Genera
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Abroscopus |
Cettiidae is a newly validated
Some taxonomic authorities include this entire family, along with the related genera
Its members occur mainly in
The species are small, stubby birds. Most have moderately long to long tails, while the stubtails and tesias have tiny tails that do not even emerge past their tail coverts. The group is typically clad in dull plumage, often with a line above the eye, but some are more colorful. Altogether the Cettiidae are a quite variable group containing many aberrant birds that hitherto had been uncomfortably placed with a wide range of unrelated families.[citation needed] The Locustellidae, which contain birds which appear very similar to many cettiids, are far more uniform by contrast.[4]
Most live in scrubland and frequently hunt food by clambering through thick tangled growth.
Taxonomy
The family Cettiidae was introduced by Per Alström and coworkers in 2006.[1]
The following cladogram showing the family relationships is based on a study by Carl Oliveros and coworkers published in 2019.
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The phylogenetic relationships between the eight genera were determined in a 2011 study by Per Alström and coworkers.[7]
Cettiidae |
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The family contains 31 species in eight genera.[6]
Image | Genus | Living species |
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Abroscopus Baker, 1930 – warblers |
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Phyllergates Sharpe, 1883 – tailorbirds |
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Tickellia Blyth, 1861 – broad-billed warbler |
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Horornis Hodgson, 1845 – bush warblers |
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Tesia Hodgson, 1837 – tesias |
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Cettia Bonaparte, 1834 – typical bush warblers |
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Urosphena R. Swinhoe, 1877 – stubtails |
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Hemitesia Chapin, 1948 – warblers |
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References
- ^ .
- ISBN 978-84-941892-0-3.
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- ^ del Hoyo et al. (2006)
- PMID 30936315.
- ^ Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Cupwings, crombecs, bush warblers, Streaked Scrub Warbler, yellow flycatchers, hylias". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- PMC 3261208.
Sources
- del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew & Sargatal, Jordi (eds.) (2006): ISBN 84-96553-06-X
- Sefc, K.M.; Payne, R.B. & Sorenson, M.D. (2003): Phylogenetic relationships of African sunbird-like warblers: Moho Hypergerus atriceps, Green Hylia Hylia prasina and Tit-hylia Pholidornis rushiae. Ostrich 74(1-2): 8-17. PDF fulltext