Pseudonigrita

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Pseudonigrita
↑Pseudonigrita arnaudi, ↓P. cabanisi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Pseudonigrita
Reichenow, 1903
Type species
Nigrita arnaudi[1]
Bonaparte, 1850
Synonyms
  • Somalita

Pseudonigrita is a genus of sparrow-like birds in the weaverbird family.

Extant Species

It contains two species, which are both found in eastern Africa:

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Pseudonigrita arnaudi Grey-capped social weaver Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda
Pseudonigrita cabanisi Black-capped social weaver central and southern Ethiopia, much of Kenya, a patch of Somalia

Taxonomy

French naturalist

estrildid finches. In 1942, Hans von Boetticher was of the opinion that cabanisi was different enough to assign it to its own genus, and made the new combination Somalita cabanisi.[3][4]

Etymology

Pseudonigrita: Greek: ψευδος pseudos "false"; genus Nigrita Strickland, 1843[5]

Phylogeny

Based on recent DNA-analysis (which did not include

Plocepasser.[6] Provided that the sister relationship
between the Pseudonigrita-species is correct, the following tree expresses current insights.

family Ploceidae
subfamily Amblyospizinae

Amblyospiza albifrons

subfamily Plocepasserinae

Sporopipes

Plocepasser

Philetairus socius

genus Pseudonigrita

P. cabanisi

P. arnaudi

subfamily Bubalornithinae

Dinemellia dinemelli

Bubalornis

subfamily Ploceinae

all other weaverbirds

References

  1. ^ "Ploceidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1850). Conspectus generum avium (in Latin). Vol. 1. Lugduni Batavorum: E.J. Brill. p. 444.
  3. ^ "Zwartkapwever". vogelsbekijken.be (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  4. ^ Boetticher, Hans von (1942). "Der kleine Schwarzkopf-Sperlingsweber" (PDF). Verhandlungen der Ornithologischen Gesellschaft in Bayern. 22 (2): 207–210. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  5. ^ Jobling, J.A. (2017). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.
  6. S2CID 205841906
    .

External links
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