Alethe
| Alethe | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Alethe Cassin, 1859 |
| Species | |
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Alethe is a genus of small mainly insectivorous birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that occur in West Africa. The genus was previously placed in the thrush family Turdidae but in 2010 two separate molecular phylogenetic studies found that species in the genus were more closely related to members of the Old World flycatcher family.[1][2]
The genus contains two species:[3]
- White-tailed alethe, Alethe diademata
- Fire-crested alethe, Alethe castanea
Formerly in this genus
Four species are now assigned to Pseudalethe, a genus proposed in 2003[4] and supported by a study published in 2010.[1][3]
References
- 1 2 Sangster, G.; Alström, P.; Forsmark, E.; Olsson, U. (2010). "Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of Old World chats and flycatchers reveals extensive paraphyly at family, subfamily and genus level (Aves: Muscicapidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57 (1): 380–392. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.008.
- ↑ Zuccon, D.; Ericson, P.G.P. (2010). "A multi-gene phylogeny disentangles the chat-flycatcher complex (Aves: Muscicapidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 39 (3): 213–224. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00423.x.
- 1 2 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ↑ Beresford, Pamela (June 2003). "Molecular systematics of Alethe, Sheppardia and some other African robins (Muscicapoidea)". Ostrich. 74 (1-2): 58–73. doi:10.2989/00306520309485370. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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