Biology:Paradoxornis
Paradoxornis is a genus of passerine birds in the parrotbill family Paradoxornithidae that are native to East, Southeast and South Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus Paradoxornis was introduced in 1836 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate a single species, Paradoxornis flavirostris Gould, the black-breasted parrotbill. This is the type species of the genus.[1][2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek παραδοξος/paradoxos meaning "extraordinary" with ορνις/ornis, ορνιθος/ornithos meaning "bird".[3]
Based on the results molecular phylogenetic study published in 2019,[4] the genus now includes species that were previously placed in the genera Calamornis, Conostoma, Cholornis, and Psittiparus.[5]
Species
The genus contains the following ten species:[5]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 120px | Reed parrotbill | Paradoxornis heudei | east Mongolia to east, northeast China and southeast Russia |
| 120px | Black-breasted parrotbill | Paradoxornis flavirostris | Himalayas, northeast India |
| 120px | Spot-breasted parrotbill | Paradoxornis guttaticollis | northeast India to northwest Thailand and south China |
| 120px | Great parrotbill | Paradoxornis aemodius | Himalayas, northeast Myanmar to central China |
| 120px | Brown parrotbill | Paradoxornis unicolor | Himalayas to south China |
| 120px | Three-toed parrotbill | Paradoxornis paradoxus | China |
| 120px | Grey-headed parrotbill | Paradoxornis gularis | Himalayas to north Vietnam |
| Black-headed parrotbill | Paradoxornis margaritae | south Vietnam | |
| 120px | White-breasted parrotbill | Paradoxornis ruficeps | northeast India, Bhutan and adjacent south China |
| 120px | Rufous-headed parrotbill | Paradoxornis bakeri | northeast India to Vietnam |
References
- ↑ Gould, John (1836). "Paradoxornis". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5 (38): 17. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570742.
- ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 431. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14486620.
- ↑ Jobling, James A.. "Paradoxornis". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/key-to-scientific-names/search?q=Paradoxornis.
- ↑ Cai, T.; Cibois, A.; Alström, P.; Moyle, R.G.; Kennedy, J.D.; Shao, S.; Zhang, R.; Irestedt, M. et al. (2019). "Near-complete phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the world's babblers (Aves: Passeriformes)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 130: 346-356. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.010.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (February 2025). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/sylvias/.
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