Biology:Pseudoalcippe

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Pseudoalcippe
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African hill babbler, Pseudoalcippe abyssinica
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sylviidae
Genus: Pseudoalcippe
Bannerman, 1923
Species

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Pseudoalcippe is a genus of passerine birds in the family Sylviidae that are found in Africa.

The genus was erected by the English ornithologist David Armitage Bannerman in 1923.[1] The type species is the Ruwenzori hill babbler.

The genus contains two species:[2]

These two species were previously considered as members of the family Timaliidae (Old World babblers) but molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that they are closely related to species belonging to the genus Sylvia in the family Sylviidae.[3][4] Some taxonomists now place both species in Sylvia.[5][6]

References

  1. Bannerman, David Armitage (1923). "Pseudoalcippe". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 44: 26. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40499223. 
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2017). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills & white-eyes". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/sylvias/. Retrieved 7 September 2017. 
  3. Cibois, Alice (2003). "Mitochondrial DNA phylogeny of babblers (Timaliidae)". The Auk 120 (1): 35–54. doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2003)120[0035:MDPOBT2.0.CO;2]. 
  4. Voelker, Gary; Light, Jessica E. (2011). "Palaeoclimatic events, dispersal and migratory losses along the Afro-European axis as drivers of biogeographic distribution in Sylvia warblers". BMC Evolutionary Biology 11 (163): 163. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-163. PMID 21672229. 
  5. Collar, N.; Robson, C. (2017). "Ruwenzori Hill-babbler (Sylvia atriceps)". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. http://www.hbw.com/node/59386. Retrieved 8 September 2017. 
  6. Collar, N.; Robson, C. (2017). "African Hill-babbler (Sylvia abyssinica)". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. http://www.hbw.com/node/59385. Retrieved 27 August 2017. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10809242 entry