Biology:Iduna (bird)
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Short description: Genus of birds
| Iduna | |
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| Sykes's warbler (Iduna rama) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Acrocephalidae |
| Genus: | Iduna Keyserling & Blasius, JH, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Sylvia caligata[1] M.H.C. Lichtenstein, 1823
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Iduna is a genus of tree warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. Keyserling and Blasius gave no explanation of the genus name Iduna.[2] It is sometimes lumped in the genus Hippolais, although in 2009 it was found to belong to the Iduna clade.[3]
It contains the following species:
- African yellow warbler (Iduna natalensis)
- Mountain yellow warbler (Iduna similis)
- Booted warbler (Iduna caligata)
- Sykes's warbler (Iduna rama)
- Eastern olivaceous warbler (Iduna pallida)
- Western olivaceous warbler (Iduna opaca)
References
- ↑ "Acrocephalidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=253.
- ↑ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling.
- ↑ Silke Fregin; Martin Haase; Urban Olsson; Per Alström (2009). "Multi-locus phylogeny of the family Acrocephalidae (Aves: Passeriformes) – The traditional taxonomy overthrown". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52 (3): 866–878. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.04.006. PMID 19393746.
Wikidata ☰ Q508829 entry
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