Biology:Camaroptera

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Camaroptera
Grey-backed Camaroptera, Camaroptera brachyura, at Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa (15808970908).jpg
Grey-backed camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Camaroptera
Sundevall, 1850
Type species
Camaroptera olivacea[1]
Sundevall, 1850

Camaroptera is a genus of small passerine birds in the family Cisticolidae that are found in sub-Saharan Africa.

The genus was erected by the Swedish zoologist Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1850. The type species is the green-backed camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura).[2][3] The word Camaroptera comes from the Ancient Greek kamara for "arch" and pteron for "wing".[4]

Species

The genus contains the following five species:[5]

Image Common Name Scientific Name Distribution
Green-backed Cameroptera - Malawi S4E3341 (17142013720).jpg Green-backed camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura Zambia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania
Grey-backed Camaroptera, Camaroptera brachyura, at Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa (15376728463).jpg Grey-backed camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
Hartert-s Camaroptera 110ND500 DSC7911.jpg Hartert's camaroptera Camaroptera harterti Angola.
Yellow-browed Cameroptera near Kakum NP - Ghana 14 S4E2582 (16012281840).jpg Yellow-browed camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda.
Camaroptera chloronata.jpg Olive-green camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.


Molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that the green-backed and the grey-backed camaroptera are closely related,[6][7][8] and some taxonomists treat them as conspecific.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Cisticolidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=164. 
  2. ↑ Sundevall, Carl Jakob (1850). "Camaroptera" (in Swedish). Öfversigt Af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens Forhandlingar 7: 103. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3043361;view=1up;seq=113. 
  3. ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 185–186. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14483886. 
  4. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n86/mode/1up. 
  5. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2017). "Grassbirds, Donacobius, Malagasy warblers, cisticolas & allies". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/grassbirds/. Retrieved 26 August 2017. 
  6. ↑ Nguembock, B.; Fjeldså, 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 an [sic] unique nest-building specialization". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42 (1): 272–286. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.07.008. PMID 16949311. 
  7. ↑ Nguembock, B.; Cruaud, C.; Denys, C. (2012). "A large evaluation of passerine cisticolids (Aves: Passeriformes): more about their phylogeny and diversification". Open Ornithology Journal 5: 42–56. doi:10.2174/1874453201205010042. 
  8. ↑ Olsson, U.; Irestedt, M.; Sangster, G.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Alström, P. (2013). "Systematic revision of the avian family Cisticolidae based on a multi-locus phylogeny of all genera". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66 (3): 790–9. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.11.004. PMID 23159891. 
  9. ↑ Ryan, P. (2017). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. eds. "Bleating Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (Lynx Edicions). doi:10.2173/bow.grbcam1.01. http://www.hbw.com/node/58686. Retrieved 27 August 2017. 
  • 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

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