Iduna (bird)
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Genus: | Iduna Keyserling and Blasius, 1840
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Iduna is a genus of tree warbler in the Acrocephalidae family. Keyserling and Blasius gave no explanation of the genus name Iduna.[1] It is sometimes lumped in the genus Hippolais, although in 2009 it was found to belong to the Iduna clade.[2]
It contains the following species:
- Thick-billed warbler (Iduna aedon)
- African yellow warbler (Iduna natalensis)
- Mountain yellow warbler (Iduna similis)
- Booted warbler (Iduna caligata)
- Sykes's warbler (Iduna rama)
- Eastern olivaceous warbler (Iduna pallida)
- Western olivaceous warbler (Iduna opaca)
References
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Silke Fregin; Martin Haase; Urban Olsson; Per Alström (2009). "Multi-locus phylogeny of the family Acrocephalidae (Aves: Passeriformes) – The traditional taxonomy overthrown". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 52 (3): 866–878. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.04.006. PMID 19393746.