Margarornis

Margarornis
Pearled treerunner, Margarornis squamiger
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Furnariidae
Genus:	Margarornis Reichenbach, 1853
Type species
Sittasomus perlatus Pearled treerunner Lesson, 1844
Species
Margarornis bellulus Margarornis rubiginosus Margarornis squamiger Margarornis stellatus

Margarornis is a genus of passerine birds in the ovenbird family Furnariidae. They are found in South and Middle America. All four species in the genus have "treerunner" in their English name.

Taxonomy

The genus Margarornis was introduced in 1853 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach. ^[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek margaron meaning "pearl" with ornis meaning "bird". ^[2] The type species was designated by George Robert Gray in 1855 as Sittasomus perlatus Lesson. This taxon is now considered to be a subspecies of the pearled treerunner (Margarornis squamiger perlatus). ^{[3] [4]}

Species

The genus contains four species: ^[5]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Margarornis rubiginosus	Ruddy treerunner	Costa Rica and western Panama.
	Margarornis stellatus	Star-chested treerunner	Colombia and Ecuador.
	Margarornis bellulus	Beautiful treerunner	Panama
	Margarornis squamiger	Pearled treerunner	northern Andes

The white-throated treerunner is placed in the monotypic genus Pygarrhichas . ^[5]

References

1. Reichenbach, Ludwig (1853). "Icones ad synopsin avium No. 10 Scansoriae A". Handbuch der speciellen Ornithologie (in German). Vol. 6. Dresden und Leipzig: Expedition Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte. pp. 145–218 [146, 179].
2. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 241. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
3. Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 28.
4. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 116.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

External links

• Media related to Margarornis at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Margarornis at Wikispecies