Biology:Bathmocercus

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Short description: Genus of birds

Bathmocercus
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Black-headed rufous warbler (Bathmocercus cerviniventris)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Bathmocercus
Reichenow, 1895
Type species
Bathmocercus rufus[1]
Reichenow, 1895

Bathmocercus is a genus of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It contains the following species:

Species from the genus Scepomycter are sometimes placed in this genus though several marked morphological differences are used to justify its separation.

References

  • Ryan, Peter (2006). Family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and allies). pp. 378–492 in del Hoyo J., Elliott A. & Christie D.A. (2006) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11. Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers Lynx Edicions, Barcelona ISBN:978-84-96553-06-4
  • Nguembock B.; Fjeldsa J.; Tillier A.; Pasquet E. (2007): A phylogeny for the Cisticolidae (Aves: Passeriformes) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data, and a re-interpretation of a unique nest-building specialization. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 272–286.

Wikidata ☰ Q791308 entry