Biology:Alethe (genus)
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Short description: Genus of birds
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| Alethe diademata diademata (Bonaparte, 1851) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Alethe Cassin, 1859 |
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Alethe is a genus of small mainly insectivorous birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that occur in West Africa.
The genus was erected by the American ornithologist John Cassin in 1859.[1] The genus was previously placed in the thrush family Turdidae but in 2010 two separate molecular phylogenetic studies found that species in the genus were more closely related to members of the Old World flycatcher family.[2][3]
The genus contains two species:[4]
- White-tailed alethe, Alethe diademata
- Fire-crested alethe, Alethe castanea
Formerly in this genus
Four species formerly placed in this genus are not closely related to the type species, and have accordingly been reassigned to Chamaetylas (formerly Pseudalethe).[5][2][4]
References
- ↑ Cassin, John (1859). "Catalogue of birds collected on the rivers Camma and Ogobai, Western Africa by Mr P.B. Duchaillu, in 1858, with notes and description of new species". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11: 30–55 [43]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1653117.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.008. PMID 20656044.
- ↑ Zuccon, D.; Ericson, P.G.P. (2010). "A multi-gene phylogeny disentangles the chat-flycatcher complex (Aves: Muscicapidae)". Zoologica Scripta 39 (3): 213–224. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00423.x.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. "Chats, Old World flycatchers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/chats/. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ↑ Beresford, Pamela (2003). "Molecular systematics of Alethe, Sheppardia and some other African robins (Muscicapoidea)". Ostrich 74 (1–2): 58–73. doi:10.2989/00306520309485370.
Wikidata ☰ Q369242 entry
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