Madagascar singer
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The Madagascar warblers (Bernieridae) are a family of songbirds that are endemic to Madagascar and whose representatives have so far been distributed among other families - the Bülbüls (Pycnonotidae), warblers (Sylviidae) and Timalias (Timaliidae). A separate family for the contained species has been discussed for some time. However, it was officially described for the first time in 2010 , when genetic tests finally confirmed the close relationship of the form-rich group. It consists of eleven species in eight genera.
The Madagascar warblers are - measured by the small number of species - very rich in shape and in this respect comparable to other endemic groups such as the Galápagos finches or the Vanga stranglers, which are also native to Madagascar . All species are forest dwellers who feed on insects . Within these similarities, there are strong differences in habitat choice and diet, which explains the wealth of shapes. The eleven species differ greatly in the shape of their beak, the proportions of their wings and tail, and the length of their legs. In size, they vary between about 12 cm Laubsänger large edge Madagascar singer ( Randia pseudozosterops ) and with 17.5 to 20 cm just under throttling large Gmelin Madagascar singer ( Bernieria madagascariensis ).
Genera and species
- Genus Oxylabes
- White-throated Madagascar Warbler ( Oxylabes madagascariensis )
- Genus Bernieria
- Genus Cryptosylvicola
- Stonewater Madagascar Warbler ( Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi )
- Genus Hartertula
- Wedge-tailed Madagascar Warbler ( Hartertula flavoviridis )
- Genus Thamnornis
- Kiritka Madagascar Warbler ( Thamnornis chloropetoides )
- Genus Xanthomixis
- Short-billed Madagascar Warbler ( Xanthomixis zosterops )
- Appertmadagascar warbler ( Xanthomixis apperti )
- Sianakamadagascar warbler ( Xanthomixis tenebrosa )
- Gray-headed Madagascar Warbler ( Xanthomixis cinereiceps )
- Genus Crossleyia
- Yellow-browed Madagascar Warbler ( Crossleyia xanthophrys )
- Genus Randia
- Singer edge Madagascar ( Randia pseudozosterops )
literature
- Alice Cibois, Normand David, Steven MS Gregory, Eric Pasquet: Bernieridae (Aves: Passeriformes): a family-group name for the Malagasy sylvioid radiation , Zootaxa 2554, 2010, pp. 65-68, PDF download
- Alice Cibois, Beth Slikas, Thomas S. Shulenberg, Eric Pasquet: An endemic radiation of Malagasy songbirds is revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequence data . Evolution 55/6, 2001, pp. 1198-1206, doi : 10.1554 / 0014-3820 (2001) 055 [1198: AEROMS] 2.0.CO; 2
- P. Beresford, FK Barker, PG Ryan, TM Crowe: African endemics span the tree of songbirds (Passeri): molecular systematics of several evolutionary 'enigmas' . Proceedings of the Royal Society 272/1565, 2005, pp. 849-858. doi : 10.1098 / rspb.2004.2997 , PDF download
- Del Hoyo et al .: Handbook of the Birds of the World , Vol. 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers (2006, revision June 2013), pp. 492f
