Margarornis
| Margarornis | |
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| Pearled treerunner, Margarornis squamiger | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Genus: | Margarornis Reichenbach, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Sittasomus perlatus Pearled treerunner Lesson, 1844
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| Species | |
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Margarornis bellulus | |
Margarornis is a genus of passerine birds in the ovenbird family Furnariidae. They are found in South and Middle America. All four species in the genus have "treerunner" in their English name.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Margarornis was introduced in 1853 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach.[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek margaron meaning "pearl" with ornis meaning "bird".[2] The type species was designated by George Robert Gray in 1855 as Sittasomus perlatus Lesson. This taxon is now considered to be a subspecies of the pearled treerunner (Margarornis squamiger perlatus).[3][4]
Species
[edit]The genus contains four species:[5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Margarornis rubiginosus | Ruddy treerunner | Costa Rica and western Panama. |
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Margarornis stellatus | Star-chested treerunner | Colombia and Ecuador. |
| Margarornis bellulus | Beautiful treerunner | Panama | |
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Margarornis squamiger | Pearled treerunner | Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela |
The white-throated treerunner is placed in the monotypic genus Pygarrhichas.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Reichenbach, Ludwig (1853). "Icones ad synopsin avium No. 10 Scansoriae A". Handbuch der speciellen Ornithologie (in German). Vol. 6. Dresden und Leipzig: Expedition Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte. pp. 145–218 [146, 179].
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 241. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 28.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 116.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
External links
[edit]Media related to Margarornis at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Margarornis at Wikispecies
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