Pyrrholaemus
Pyrrholaemus is a genus of birds in the family Acanthizidae.
Pyrrholaemus | |
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Speckled warbler (Pyrrholaemus sagittatus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Acanthizidae |
Genus: | Pyrrholaemus Gould, 1841 |
Type species | |
Pyrrholaemus brunneus[1] Gould, 1841 |
The genus was introduced by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1841.[2][3] The name Pyrrholaemus is from classical Greek purrhos meaning "flame-coloured" or "red" and laimos for "throat".[4]
Species
The genus contains two species:[5]
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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![]() | Redthroat | Pyrrholaemus brunneus | Western Australia and South Australia, Tasmania |
![]() | Speckled warbler | Pyrrholaemus sagittatus | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales). |
References
- "Acanthizidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- Gould, John (1840). "Genus Pyrrholaemus". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Part 8: 173. Although bearing the year 1840 on the title page, the volume did not appear until 1841.
- Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 426.
- Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 326. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Bristlebirds, pardalotes & Australasian warblers". World Bird List Version 7.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 June 2017.

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