Camaroptera

Camaroptera
Grey-backed camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cisticolidae
Genus:	Camaroptera Sundevall, 1850
Type species
Camaroptera olivacea [1] Sundevall, 1850

Camaroptera is a genus of small passerine birds in the family Cisticolidae that are found in sub-Saharan Africa.

The genus was erected by the Swedish zoologist Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1850. The type species is the green-backed camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura). ^{[2] [3]} The genus name Camaroptera comes from Ancient Greek καμαρα (kamara), meaning "arch", and πτερόν (pterón), meaning "wing". ^[4]

Species

The genus contains the following five species: ^[5]

Image	Common Name	Scientific Name	Distribution
	Green-backed camaroptera	Camaroptera brachyura	Zambia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania
	Grey-backed camaroptera	Camaroptera brevicaudata	Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
	Hartert's camaroptera	Camaroptera harterti	Angola.
	Yellow-browed camaroptera	Camaroptera superciliaris	Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda.
	Olive-green camaroptera	Camaroptera chloronota	Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.

Molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that the green-backed and the grey-backed camaroptera are closely related, ^{[6] [7] [8]} and some taxonomists treat them as conspecific. ^[9]

References

1. "Cisticolidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
2. Sundevall, Carl Jakob (1850). "Camaroptera". Öfversigt Af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens Forhandlingar (in Swedish). 7: 103.
3. Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 185–186.
4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 86. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Grassbirds, Donacobius, Malagasy warblers, cisticolas & allies". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
6. Nguembock, B.; Fjeldså, J.; Tillier, A.; Pasquet, E. (2007). "A phylogeny for the Cisticolidae (Aves: Passeriformes) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data, and a re-interpretation of an[sic] unique nest-building specialization". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 42 (1): 272–286. Bibcode:2007MolPE..42..272N. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.07.008. PMID   16949311.
7. Nguembock, B.; Cruaud, C.; Denys, C. (2012). "A large evaluation of passerine cisticolids (Aves: Passeriformes): more about their phylogeny and diversification". Open Ornithology Journal. 5: 42–56. doi: 10.2174/1874453201205010042 .
8. Olsson, U.; Irestedt, M.; Sangster, G.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Alström, P. (2013). "Systematic revision of the avian family Cisticolidae based on a multi-locus phylogeny of all genera". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66 (3): 790–9. Bibcode:2013MolPE..66..790O. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.11.004. PMID   23159891.
9. Ryan, P. (2017). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Bleating Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura)" . Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. doi:10.2173/bow.grbcam1.01. S2CID   216434155 . Retrieved 27 August 2017.

• Ryan, Peter (2006). Family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and allies). pp. 378–492 in del Hoyo J., Elliott A. & Christie D.A. (2006) Handbook of the Birds of the World . Volume 11. Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers Lynx Edicions, Barcelona ISBN   978-84-96553-06-4