Catbird
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Several unrelated groups of
basal songbirds:
- Ochre-breasted catbird (Ailuroedus stonii)
- White-eared catbird (Ailuroedus buccoides)
- Tan-capped catbird (Ailuroedus geislerorum)
- Green catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris)
- Spotted catbird (Ailuroedus melanotis)
- Huon catbird (Ailuroedus astigmaticus)
- Black-eared catbird (Ailuroedus melanotis)
- Arfak catbird (Ailuroedus arfakianus)
- Northern catbird (Ailuroedus jobiensis)
New World catbirds are two monotypic genera from the mimid family (Mimidae) of the passeridan superfamily Muscicapoidea. Among the Mimidae, they represent independent basal lineages probably closer to the Caribbean thrasher and trembler assemblage than to the mockingbirds and Toxostoma thrashers:[2]
- Gray catbird, Dumetella carolinensis
- Black catbird, Melanoptila glabrirostris
The Abyssinian catbird (Sylvia galinieri) is found in Africa. It was previously considered represents a monotypic genus Parophasma.[3]
Footnotes
References
- Barber, Brian R.; Martínez-Gómez, Juan E. & Peterson, A. Townsend (2004): Systematic position of the Socorro mockingbird Mimodes graysoni.
- Hunt, Jeffrey S.; Bermingham, Eldredge; & Ricklefs, Robert E. (2001): Molecular systematics and biogeography of Antillean thrashers, tremblers, and mockingbirds (Aves: Mimidae). DOI:10.1642/0004-8038(2001)118[0035:MSABOA]2.0.CO;2 PDF fulltext
- Rowland, Peter (2008): Bowerbirds. CSIRO Publishing.