Locustellidae

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Locustellidae
Striated grassbird (Megalurus palustris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Superfamily: Sylvioidea
Family: Locustellidae
Bonaparte, 1854
Genera

see text

Synonyms

Megaluridae Blyth, 1875

Locustellidae is a newly recognized

bush warblers". These birds occur mainly in Eurasia, Africa, and the Australian region. The family name is sometimes given as Megaluridae, but Locustellidae has priority.[1][2]

The

taxa.[3]

Among the "warbler and

Malagasy warblers, another newly recognized (and hitherto unnamed) family. The black-capped donacobius (Donacobius atricapillus) is a South American relative derived from the same ancestral stock and not a wren as was long believed.[4]

A comprehensive

monophyletic. The resulting revision of the genus level taxonomy involved many changes including the resurrection of the genera Poodytes and Cincloramphus as well as the erection of a new genus Helopsaltes. The former genera Megalurulus and Buettikoferella become junior synonyms of Cincloramphus.[2][5]

Genera

The family contains 67 species divided into 11 genera.[5]

  • Robsonius – ground warblers (3 species)
  • Helopsaltes – grasshopper warblers (6 species)
  • Locustella
     – grass warblers (23 species)
  • Bradypterus – megalurid bush warblers (12 species)
  • Elaphrornis
     – Sri Lanka bush warbler
  • Schoenicola – wide-tailed grassbirds (2 species)
  • Poodytes – grassbirds (5 species including one extinct)
  • Malia
     – malia
  • Cincloramphus – (12 species)
  • Megalurus
     – striated grassbird
  • Catriscus
     – fan-tailed grassbird

The relationships between the genera is shown in the following cladogram. It is based on a 2018 study by Per Alström and coworkers.[2]

Locustellidae

Robsonius – ground warblers (3 species)

Helopsaltes – grasshopper warblers (6 species)

Locustella
– grass warblers (23 species)

Poodytes – grassbirds (5 species)

Malia – malia

Cincloramphus – (12 species)

Elaphrornis
– Sri Lanka bush warbler

Catriscus
– fan-tailed grassbird

Megalurus
– striated grassbird

Bradypterus – (12 species)

References

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    Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Grassbirds, Donacobius, Malagasy warblers, cisticolas, allies"
    . IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
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