Gymnoris
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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 |
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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.[1][2] The name combines the Ancient Greek words gumnos "bare" or "naked" and rhinos "nostrils".[3]
There are four species recognized:[4]
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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
- ^ Blyth, Edward (1845). "Synopsis of the Indian Fringillidae". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 13 Part 2 (156): 944-963 [948].
- ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
- ^ Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Old World sparrows, snowfinches, weavers". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 May 2018.