Biology:Schiffornis
Schiffornis is a genus of South American bird in the family Tityridae. It has traditionally been placed in the manakin family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae,[1] where now placed by SACC. In addition to schiffornis, they are sometimes referred to as mourners; a name shared with members of the genera Laniocera, Laniisoma and Rhytipterna.
Taxonomy
The genus Schiffornis was introduced in 1854 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte.[2] Although Bonaparte listed three species in his new genus, two of these were undescribed and therefore nomina nuda.[3] The remaining species, Muscicapa turdina Wied-Neuwied, 1831, the brown-winged schiffornis, becomes the type species of the genus by virtual monotypy.[4] The genus name Schiffornis combines the last name of the German physiologist Moritz Schiff with the Ancient Greek ορνις/ornis, ορνιθος/ornithos meaning "bird".[5]
Species
The genus contains seven species.[6]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 120px | Schiffornis major | Varzea schiffornis | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru; also regions of Venezuela |
| 120px | Schiffornis turdina | Brown-winged schiffornis | Amazonia and eastern Brazil. |
| 120px | Schiffornis stenorhyncha | Russet-winged schiffornis | from Panama to northern Colombia and northern Venezuela. |
| 120px | Schiffornis aenea | Foothill schiffornis | central Ecuador and northern Peru |
| 120px | Schiffornis veraepacis | Northern schiffornis | southeast Mexico to western Colombia and Venezuela. |
| 120px | Schiffornis olivacea | Guianan schiffornis | southeast Venezuela to Guyana and north central Brazil. |
| 120px | Schiffornis virescens | Greenish schiffornis | southern Brazil, also eastern Paraguay, and extreme northeastern Argentina |
References
- ↑ Adopt the Family Tityridae - South American Classification Committee (2007)
- ↑ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1854). "Conspectus volucrum anisodactylorum". in de Luca, Serafino; Müller, D. (in Italian). L'Ateneo Italiano; raccolta di documenti e memorie relative al progresso delle scienze fisiche. 2. Parigi [Paris]: Victor Masson. pp. 311-321 [314]. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BR1pAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA314.
- ↑ Oberholser, Harry C. (1920). "Note on the generic names Schiffornis Bonaparte and Scotothorus Oberholser". Auk 37: 454-455. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15938973.
- ↑ Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 246. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14501023.
- ↑ Jobling, James A.. "Schiffornis". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/key-to-scientific-names/search?q=Schiffornis.
- ↑ AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. http://www.avilist.org/checklist/v2025/.
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