Aphrastura | |
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Thorn-tailed rayadito, Aphrastura spinicauda | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Furnariidae |
Genus: |
Aphrastura Oberholser, 1899 |
Type species | |
Motacilla spinicauda
Gmelin, 1789
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Species | |
See text |
The rayaditos (Aphrastura) are a genus of birds in the Furnariidae, the ovenbird family.
The genus Aphrastura was introduced in 1899 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser with the thorn-tailed rayadito as the type species. [1] [2] The name genus name combines the Ancient Greek aphrastos meaning "marvellous" with oura meaning "tail". [3]
The genus contains the following species: [4]
Aphrastura | |
---|---|
Thorn-tailed rayadito, Aphrastura spinicauda | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Furnariidae |
Genus: |
Aphrastura Oberholser, 1899 |
Type species | |
Motacilla spinicauda
Gmelin, 1789
| |
Species | |
See text |
The rayaditos (Aphrastura) are a genus of birds in the Furnariidae, the ovenbird family.
The genus Aphrastura was introduced in 1899 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser with the thorn-tailed rayadito as the type species. [1] [2] The name genus name combines the Ancient Greek aphrastos meaning "marvellous" with oura meaning "tail". [3]
The genus contains the following species: [4]