Fly River grassbird

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Fly River grassbird
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Locustellidae
Genus: Poodytes
Species:
P. albolimbatus
Binomial name
Poodytes albolimbatus
Synonyms

Megalurus albolimbatus

The Fly River grassbird (Poodytes albolimbatus) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are freshwater marshes and lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Fly River grassbird was formally described in 1879 by the Italian naturalists Luigi D'Albertis and Tommaso Salvadori from specimens collected near the Fly River in New Guinea. They coined the binomial name Poodytes albolimbatus. [2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek poa meaning "grass" with dutēs meaning "diver". The specific albolimbatus combines the Latin albus meaning "white" with limbatus meaning "edged" (from limbus meaning "border", "fringe" or "band"). [3] The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. [4]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2019). "Poodytes albolimbatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T22715497A152530729. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22715497A152530729.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. Albertis, L.M.; Salvadori, Tommaso (1879). "Catalogo degli uccelli raccolti da L. M. D'Allbertis durante la 2.a e 3.a esplorazione del Fiume Fly negli anni 1876 e 1877". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (in Italian). 14: 21–146 [87–88].
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp.  314, 40. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Grassbirds, Donacobius, Malagasy warblers, cisticolas, allies". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 August 2022.