Aphrastura

<i>Aphrastura</i>

Aphrastura

Genus of birds

The rayaditos (Aphrastura) are a genus of birds in the Furnariidae, the ovenbird family.

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Taxonomy

The genus Aphrastura was introduced in 1899 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser with the thorn-tailed rayadito as the type species.[1][2] The name genus name combines the Ancient Greek aphrastos meaning "marvellous" with oura meaning "tail".[3]

The genus contains the following species:[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Oberholser, Harry C. (1899). "Some untenable names in ornithology". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 51: 201–216 [210–211].
  2. [2]
    Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 73.
  3. [3]
    Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. [4]
    Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  5. [5]
    Gonzalez J, Wink M (2010) Genetic differentiation of the Thorn-tailed Rayadito Aphrastura spinicauda (Furnariidae: Passeriformes) revealed by ISSR profiles suggests multiple palaeorefugia and high recurrent gene flow. Ibis. 152:761–774.
  6. [6]
    Gonzalez J. (2014). Phylogenetic position of the most endangered Chilean bird: the Masafuera Rayadito (Aphrastura masafuerae; Furnariidae). Tropical Conservation Science. 7:677-689.
  7. [7]
    Rozzi, Ricardo; Quilodrán, Claudio S.; Botero-Delgadillo, Esteban; Napolitano, Constanza; Torres-Mura, Juan C.; Barroso, Omar; Crego, Ramiro D.; Bravo, Camila; Ippi, Silvina; Quirici, Verónica; Mackenzie, Roy; Suazo, Cristián G.; Rivero-de-Aguilar, Juan; Goffinet, Bernard; Kempenaers, Bart; Poulin, Elie; Vásquez, Rodrigo A. (2022-08-26). "The Subantarctic Rayadito (Aphrastura subantarctica), a new bird species on the southernmost islands of the Americas". Scientific Reports. 12 (1). Springer: 13957. Bibcode:2022NatSR..1213957R. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-17985-4. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 9418250. PMID 36028531.


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