Melaenornis
| Melaenornis | |
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| Southern black flycatcher(Melaenornis pammelaina) | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Tribe: | Muscicapini |
| Genus: | Melaenornis G.R. Gray,1840 |
| Type species | |
| Melasoma edolioides[1] Swainson, 1937
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Melaenornisis agenusof smallpasserinebirds in the large familyMuscicapidaecommonly known as theOld World flycatchers.They are restricted tosub-Saharan Africa.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genusMelaenorniswas introduced in 1840 by the English zoologistGeorge Gray.It was a replacement name forMelasomathat had been introduced in 1837 byWilliam Swainsonwith thenorthern black flycatcheras thetype species.[2]Melasomawaspre-occupiedby "MelasomaDillwyn "that had been introduced in 1831 byJames Stephensfor a genus of insects.[3][4]The nameMelaenorniscombines theAncient Greekmelas,melainameaning "black" withornismeaning "bird".[5]
Species
[edit]The genus contains the following seven species:[6]
- Angola slaty flycatcher,Melaenornis brunneus
- White-eyed slaty flycatcher,Melaenornis fischeri
- Abyssinian slaty flycatcher,Melaenornis chocolatinus
- Nimba flycatcher,Melaenornis annamarulae
- Yellow-eyed black flycatcher,Melaenornis ardesiacus
- Northern black flycatcher,Melaenornis edolioides
- Southern black flycatcher,Melaenornis pammelaina
This genus formerly included fewer species. The results of amolecular phylogeneticstudy published in 2010 led to a reorganization of the Old World flycatchers family in which the four species inBradornisand the single species inSigeluswere merged intoMelaenornis.[6][7]The genus formerly included thepale flycatcherand thechat flycatcher.Based on a phylogenetic study published in 2023, they were moved to the resurrected genusAgricola.[8][6]
References
[edit]- ^"Muscicapidae".aviansystematics.org.The Trust for Avian Systematics.Retrieved2023-07-15.
- ^Gray, George Robert(1840).A List of the Genera of Birds: with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus.London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 35.
- ^Stephens, James Francis(1831).Illustrations of British entomology; or, A synopsis of indigenous insects: containing their generic and specific distinctions.Vol. 4: Mandibulata. London: Baldwin and Cradock. p. 349.
- ^Mayr, Ernst;Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986).Check-List of Birds of the World.Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 296.
- ^Jobling, James A. (2010).The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names.London: Christopher Helm. p. 246.ISBN978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^abcGill, Frank;Donsker, David;Rasmussen, Pamela,eds. (July 2023)."Chats, Old World flycatchers".IOC World Bird List Version 13.2.International Ornithologists' Union.Retrieved20 July2023.
- ^Sangster, G.; Alström, P.; Forsmark, E.; Olsson, U. (2010). "Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of Old World chats and flycatchers reveals extensive paraphyly at family, subfamily and genus level (Aves: Muscicapidae)".Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.57(1): 380–392.Bibcode:2010MolPE..57..380S.doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.008.PMID20656044.
- ^Zhao, M.; Gordon Burleigh, J.; Olsson, U.; Alström, P.; Kimball, R.T. (2023)."A near-complete and time-calibrated phylogeny of the Old World flycatchers, robins and chats (Aves, Muscicapidae)".Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.178:107646.Bibcode:2023MolPE.17807646Z.doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107646.PMID36265831.
Further reading
[edit]- Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006).Handbook of the Birds of the World.Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions.ISBN84-96553-06-X.
- "Melaenornis".Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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