Halmsinger-like

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Halmsinger-like
Rust-bellied Prinia (Prinia socialis)

Rust-bellied Prinia (Prinia socialis)

Systematics
Subclass : New-jawed birds (Neognathae)
Order : Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination : Songbirds (passeri)
without rank: Passerida
Superfamily : Sylvioidea
Family : Halmsinger-like
Scientific name
Cisticolidae
Sundevall , 1872

The Halmsängerartigen (Cisticolidae) are a diverse family songbirds, formerly known as the subfamily of the warbler-like was (Sylviidae). They are small insectivorous birds with rounded wings and long, often stepped tails. Their size varies from 9 to 20 centimeters. Their legs are thin and their bills are pointed. There are 27 genera, 145 species and 529 subspecies taxa that occur in southern Europe, Africa, Asia and the Australasian zone. Their habitat are forests, savannas, grasslands, swamps, and semi-arid and dry scrubland. The plumage is light in the forest-dwelling species and dark in the species that inhabit open terrain.

Systematics

The following genera and species (selection) are currently (2019) assigned to the family:

Red-eared warbler ( Malcorus pectoralis )

The desert prinie ( Scotocerca inquieta ) was traditionally also counted among the stalksinger-like. On the basis of molecular genetic investigations, it is now placed in its own family Scotocercidae in the closer relationship of the tailed tits (Aegithalidae) and silkworm relatives (Cettiidae).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Ryan: Family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and allies). Pp. 378-492 In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott and DA Christie: Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 2006, ISBN 978-84-96553-06-4 .
  2. ↑ Per Alström, Urban Olsson and Fumi Lei: A review of the recent advances in the systematics of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea . In: Chinese Birds . tape 4 , no. 2 , 2013, p. 99-131 , doi : 10.5122 / cbirds.2013.0016 ( researchgate.net [PDF]).
  3. ↑ P. Alstrom, J. Fjeldsa, S. Fregin, U. Olsson: Gross morphology betrays phylogeny: the Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta is not a cisticolid . In: Ibis . tape 153 , 2011, p. 87-97 , doi : 10.1111 / j.1474-919x.2010.01093.x .

literature

  • P. Alström, PGP Ericson, U. Olsson and P. Sundberg: Phylogeny and classification of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea. In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38. 2006, 381-397. doi : 10.1016 / j.ympev.2005.05.015
  • A. Cibois , B. Slikas , TS Schulenberg, and E. Pasquet: An endemic radiation of Malagasy songbirds is revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequence data. In: Evolution 55 (6). 2001, 1198-1206. doi : 10.1111 / j.0014-3820.2001.tb00639.x PDF full text; 132 kB ( Memento from May 21, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  • Peter Ryan, Richard Dean, Steve Madge & David Pearson: Family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and allies). Pp. 378-492 In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott and DA Christie: Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 2006, ISBN 978-84-96553-06-4
  • B. Nguembock, J. Fjeldsa, A. Tillier and E. Pasquet: A phylogeny for the Cisticolidae (Aves: Passeriformes) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data, and a re-interpretation of a unique nest-building specialization. In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 42 2007, 272-286. doi : 10.1016 / j.ympev.2006.07.008
  • EK Urban, CH Fry, and S. Keith: The Birds of Africa. Tape. 5. Academic Press, London 1997, ISBN 0-12-137305-3

Web links

Commons : Cisticolidae  - album with pictures, videos and audio files