Long-billed bernieria
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Bernieridae |
| Genus: | Bernieria Pucheran,1855 |
| Species: | B. madagascariensis
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| Bernieria madagascariensis (Gmelin, JF,1789)
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Phyllastrephus madagascariensis | |
Thelong-billed bernieria(Bernieria madagascariensis), formerly known aslong-billed greenbuland sometimes ascommon tetrakaorlong-billed tetraka,is asongbirdspeciesendemictoMadagascar.It is the only species placed in the genusBernieria.Its naturalhabitatis subtropical or tropical moist lowlandforests.
Taxonomy
[edit]In 1760 the French zoologistMathurin Jacques Brissonincluded a description and an illustration of the long-billed bernieria in the third volume of hisOrnithologiebased on a specimen collected on the island ofMadagascar.He used the French nameLe grand figuier de Madagascarand the Latin nameFicedula Madagascariensis Major.[2]Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to thebinomial systemand are not recognised by theInternational Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.[3]When in 1789 the German naturalistJohann Friedrich Gmelinrevised and expandedCarl Linnaeus'sSystema Naturaehe included the long-billed bernieria based on Brisson's description. He placed it with the flycatchers in thegenusMuscicapaand coined thebinomial nameMuscicapa madagascariensis.[4]The long-billed bernieria is now the only species placed in the genusBernieriathat was erected in 1855 by the French zoologistJacques Pucheran.[5][6]The genus name honours the French surgeon-naturalist Chevalier J. A. Bernier who resided in Madagascar from 1831 to 1834.[7]
Two subspecies are recognised.[6]
- B. m. madagascariensis(Gmelin, JF,1789) – east Madagascar
- B. m. incelebrisBangs&Peters, JL,1926 – north, west Madagascar
It was initially considered agreenbul,and later with theOld World warblers.Recent research indicates it is part of the endemic Malagasy radiationBernieridae(Malagasy warblers). Its presumed relatives are not as closely related as was once believed and have been restored to the old genusXanthomixis.[8]
Description
[edit]The long-billed bernieria is a slender species with an overall length of 17.5–20 cm (6.9–7.9 in). The top of the head, the upperparts and the tail are brownish green, the underparts are mainly yellow. The bill is long and thin; the upper mandible has a small terminal hook.[9]
References
[edit]- ^BirdLife International (2016)."Bernieria madagascariensis".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2016:e.T22712985A94356775.doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712985A94356775.en.Retrieved11 November2021.
- ^Brisson, Mathurin Jacques(1760).Ornithologie, ou, Méthode Contenant la Division des Oiseaux en Ordres, Sections, Genres, Especes & leurs Variétés(in French and Latin). Vol. 3. Paris: Jean-Baptiste Bauche. pp. 482–484, Plate 24 Fig. 5.The two stars (**) at the start of the section indicates that Brisson based his description on the examination of a specimen.
- ^Allen, J.A.(1910)."Collation of Brisson's genera of birds with those of Linnaeus".Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.28:317–335.hdl:2246/678.
- ^Gmelin, Johann Friedrich(1789).Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis(in Latin). Vol. 1, Part 2 (13th ed.). Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Georg. Emanuel. Beer. p. 940.
- ^Pucheran, Jacques(1855)."Mémoire sur les types peu connus des passeraux dentirostres de la collection du Musée de Paris".Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle(in French).7:321–380 [369].
- ^abGill, Frank;Donsker, David;Rasmussen, Pamela,eds. (January 2023)."Grassbirds, Donacobius, tetrakas, cisticolas, allies".IOC World Bird List Version 13.1.International Ornithologists' Union.Retrieved23 May2023.
- ^Jobling, James A. (2010).The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names.London: Christopher Helm. p. 70.ISBN978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^Cibois, Alice; Slikas, Beth; Shulenberg, Thomas S.; Pasquet, Eric (2001). "An endemic radiation of Malagasy songbirds is revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequence data".Evolution.55(6): 1198–1206.doi:10.1554/0014-3820(2001)055[1198:AEROMS]2.0.CO;2.PMID11475055.
- ^Fishpool, L.D.C.; Tobias, J.A. (2005)."Family Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)".In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Christie, D.A. (eds.).Handbook of the Birds of the World.Vol. 10: Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes. Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions. pp. 124–250 [248–249].ISBN978-84-87334-72-6.