Zosterornis | |
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Chestnut-faced babbler (Zosterornis whiteheadi) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Zosteropidae |
Genus: |
Zosterornis Ogilvie-Grant, 1894 |
Type species | |
Zosterornis whiteheadi (
chestnut-faced babbler)
Ogilvie-Grant, 1894
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Species | |
see text |
Zosterornis is a genus of passerine birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The five species in the genus are endemic to the Philippines.
The genus Zosterornis was introduced in 1894 by the Scottish ornithologist William Robert Ogilvie-Grant to accommodate his newly described species, the chestnut-faced babbler, which thus becomes the type species. [1] [2] The name combines the Ancient Greek zōstēr meaning "belt" with ornis meaning "bird". [3]
These species were formerly included in the genus Stachyris in the Old World babblers family Timaliidae. [4] They were moved to their own genus Zosterornis in the white-eye family Zosteropidae based on molecular phylogenetic studies published in the first decade of the 21st century. [5] [6]
The genus contains the following five species: [7]
Zosterornis | |
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Chestnut-faced babbler (Zosterornis whiteheadi) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Zosteropidae |
Genus: |
Zosterornis Ogilvie-Grant, 1894 |
Type species | |
Zosterornis whiteheadi (
chestnut-faced babbler)
Ogilvie-Grant, 1894
| |
Species | |
see text |
Zosterornis is a genus of passerine birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The five species in the genus are endemic to the Philippines.
The genus Zosterornis was introduced in 1894 by the Scottish ornithologist William Robert Ogilvie-Grant to accommodate his newly described species, the chestnut-faced babbler, which thus becomes the type species. [1] [2] The name combines the Ancient Greek zōstēr meaning "belt" with ornis meaning "bird". [3]
These species were formerly included in the genus Stachyris in the Old World babblers family Timaliidae. [4] They were moved to their own genus Zosterornis in the white-eye family Zosteropidae based on molecular phylogenetic studies published in the first decade of the 21st century. [5] [6]
The genus contains the following five species: [7]