Modulatrix
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| Modulatrix | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | see text |
| Genus: | Modulatrix Ripley, 1952 |
Modulatrix is a genus of bird endemic to the mountains of south eastern Africa. The genus is something of a taxonomic enigma. It has been placed with the Old World babblers and the Old World flycatchers. Recent molecular studies have suggested that the two species are part of a clade that includes the sugarbirds.[1] The genus contains two species, although the Dapple-throat is sometimes treated as belonging to a separate genus, Arcantor. It contains the following species:
- Dapple-throat (Modulatrix orostruthus)
- Spot-throat (Modulatrix stictigula)
[edit] References
- ^ Beresford, P.; Barker, F.K.; Ryan, P.G. & Crowe, T.M. (2005): African endemics span the tree of songbirds (Passeri): molecular systematics of several evolutionary 'enigmas'. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 272(1565): 849–858. doi:10.1098/rspb.2004.2997 PMID 15888418 PDF fulltext Electronic appendix
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