Emarginata (bird)
| Emarginata | |
|---|---|
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| Karoo chat (Emarginata schlegelii) in South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Emarginata Shelley, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Luscinia sinuata[1] Sundevall, 1858
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Emarginata is a
Muscicapidae
that occur in southern Africa.
The three
monophyletic genera the species assigned to Cercomela were moved into other genera.[4] Three species were placed in the resurrected genus Emarginata that had been introduced by the English ornithologist George Ernest Shelley in 1896.[5]
The three species in the genus are:[4]
- Sickle-winged chat (Emarginata sinuata)
- Karoo chat (Emarginata schlegelii)
- Tractrac chat (Emarginata tractrac)
References
- ^ "Muscicapidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- PMID 19772925.
- PMID 22634240.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Shelley, George Ernest (1896). Birds of Africa, comprising all the species which occur in the Ethiopian Region. Volume 1. Vol. 1. London: R.H. Porter. p. 89.