Biology:Gymnoris
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Short description: Genus of birds
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| Yellow-throated sparrow (Gymnoris xanthocollis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Passeridae |
| Genus: | Gymnoris Blyth, 1845 |
| Type species | |
| Fringilla flavicollis[1] Franklin, 1831
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Gymnoris is a genus of passerine birds in the sparrow family Passeridae. Three species are found in Africa while the yellow-throated sparrow ranges from Turkey to India.
The genus was introduced by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1845 with the yellow-throated sparrow as the type species.[2][3] The name combines the Ancient Greek words gumnos "bare" or "naked" and rhinos "nostrils".[4]
There are four species recognized:[5]
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Gymnoris pyrgita | Yellow-spotted bush sparrow | the Sahel and the Horn of Africa |
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Gymnoris superciliaris | Yellow-throated bush sparrow | south-central and southern Africa |
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Gymnoris dentata | Sahel bush sparrow | Africa from Mauritania to Guinea and east to Eritrea and the south-western Arabian Peninsula |
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Gymnoris xanthocollis | Yellow-throated sparrow | southern Asia |
These species are sometimes placed in the genus Petronia.
References
- ↑ "Passeridae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=189.
- ↑ Blyth, Edward (1845). "Synopsis of the Indian Fringillidae". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 13 Part 2 (156): 944–963 [948]. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126041.
- ↑ The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. 2014. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
- ↑ Jobling, J.A. (2018). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. https://www.hbw.com/dictionary/definition/gymnoris. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2018). "Old World sparrows, snowfinches, weavers". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/weavers/. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q1029648 entry
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