Biology:Calamanthus
Calamanthus is a genus of bird in the family Acanthizidae.
Taxonomy
The genus Calamanthus was introduced in 1838 by the English ornithologist John Gould [1] as a replacement name for Praticola that had been introduced in 1837 by William Swainson to accommodate Praticola anthoides Swainson, a junior synonym of Anthus fuliginosus Vigors and Horsfield, the striated fieldwren.[2][3] The name Praticola was pre-occupied as it had previous been introduced in 1829 by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup.[3][4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek καλαμαια/kalamaia meaning "grasshopper" with the genus Anthus Bechstein, 1805.[5]
A poorly researched genus, the alliance has been recognised as a single species treatment (Schodde, 1975) and later two species or provisionally three separate species.[6] Biology:Birds of the World: Recommended English Names lists the following three species:[7]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 120px | rufous fieldwren | Calamanthus campestris | Australia. |
| 120px | striated fieldwren | Calamanthus fuliginosus | Australia. |
| Western fieldwren | Calamanthus montanellus | Australia. |
References
- ↑ Gould, John (1838). A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia, and the Adjacent Islands. London: self. Part 4, Appendix p. 4. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47441775.
- ↑ Swainson, William (1837). On the Natural History and Classification of Birds. 2. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman and John Taylor. p. 243. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41945021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 427. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14484128.
- ↑ Kaup, Johann Jakob (1829) (in German). Skizzirte Entwickelungs-Geschichte und natürliches System der europäischen Thierwelt. Darmstadt: Carl Wilhelm Leske. pp. 114, 191. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41576537.
- ↑ Jobling, James A.. "Calamanthus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/key-to-scientific-names/search?q=Calamanthus.
- ↑ Christidis, Les; Boles, Walter E. (2008) (in en). Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Csiro Publishing. pp. 161–62. ISBN 978-0-643-06511-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=SFP9P1i-PoEC&q=Calamanthus&pg=PA182.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Bristlebirds, pardalotes, Australasian warblers". World Bird List Version 9.1. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/bristlebirds/. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
Further reading
- Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2
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