Furrow avian

Furrow avian
	Furrow bird ( Cnemophilus macgregorii )
Systematics
without rank:	Neornithes
Subclass :	New-jawed birds (Neognathae)
Order :	Passerines (Passeriformes)
without rank:	Eupasseres
Subordination :	Songbirds (passeri)
Family :	Furrow avian
Scientific name
	Cnemophilidae
	Mayr , 1962

The furrow birds (Cnemophilidae), also furrow birds , are a family of songbirds with 3 species in two genera . They can be found in the mountains of New Guinea , at an altitude between 2000 and 3000 meters.

Originally attributed to the birds of paradise (Paradisaeidae) as a subfamily , the group was raised to the rank of family in 2000.

All species are squat in appearance, rather small, and have a beak that is shorter than the head. But the rounded wings are longer than the tail. What is striking about all birds is that, in contrast to the birds of paradise, there are hardly any differences between the sexes.

species

Loboparadisea Rothschild , 1896
- Blue cloth bird of paradise ( Loboparadisea sericea Rothschild , 1896)
Cnemophilus De Vis , 1890
- Furrow bird ( Cnemophilus macgregorii De Vis , 1890)
- Loria bird of paradise ( Cnemophilus loriae ( Salvadori , 1894))

Web links

Commons : Furrow Birds (Cnemophilidae) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Joel Cracraft & Julie Feinstein: What is not a bird of paradise? Molecular and morphological evidence places Macgregoria in the Meliphagidae and the Cnemophilinae near the base of the corvoid tree. In: Proceedings. Biological sciences. Volume 267, number 1440, February 2000, pp. 233-241, doi : 10.1098 / rspb.2000.0992 , PMID 10714877 , PMC 1690532 (free full text).

[1] Joel Cracraft & Julie Feinstein: What is not a bird of paradise? Molecular and morphological evidence places Macgregoria in the Meliphagidae and the Cnemophilinae near the base of the corvoid tree. In: Proceedings. Biological sciences. Volume 267, number 1440, February 2000, pp. 233-241, doi : 10.1098 / rspb.2000.0992 , PMID 10714877 , PMC 1690532 (free full text).