Neomixis

Neomixis
Common jery (Neomixis tenella)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cisticolidae
Genus:	Neomixis Sharpe, 1881
Type species
Neomixis striatigula [1] Sharpe, 1881
Native range of Neomixis striatigula

Neomixis is a genus of small forest birds that are endemic to Madagascar.

The genus was introduced by the English zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1881. The type species is the stripe-throated jery (Neomixis striatigula). ^[2] The genus was formerly placed in the Old World babbler family but is now considered to belong to the family Cisticolidae.

Species

The genus includes three species: ^[3]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Neomixis striatigula	Stripe-throated jery	eastern Madagascar
	Neomixis tenella	Common jery	Madagascar
	Neomixis viridis	Green jery	eastern Madagascar

Another species the wedge-tailed jery ( Hartertula flavoviridis ) was until recently placed in this genus but biochemical studies suggest its true relationships lie elsewhere.

References

1. "Cisticolidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
2. Sharpe, Richard Bowdler (1881). "On a new genus of Timeliidae from Madagascar, with remarks on some other genera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1881: 195–197 [195].
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Babblers & fulvettas". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 August 2017.

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• 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
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