Pyrrholaemus

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Pyrrholaemus
Speckeld warbler.jpg
Speckled warbler (Pyrrholaemus sagittatus)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acanthizidae
Genus: Pyrrholaemus
Gould, 1841
Type species
Pyrrholaemus brunneus [1]
Gould, 1841

Pyrrholaemus is a genus of birds in the family Acanthizidae.

The genus was introduced by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1841. [2] [3] The name Pyrrholaemus is from classical Greek purrhos meaning "flame-coloured" or "red" and laimos for "throat". [4]

Species

The genus contains two species: [5]

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Redthroat - Broken Hill.jpg Redthroat Pyrrholaemus brunneusWestern Australia and South Australia, Tasmania
Speckeld warbler.jpg Speckled warbler Pyrrholaemus sagittatusAustralia (Queensland, New South Wales).

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References

  1. "Acanthizidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. Gould, John (1840). "Genus Pyrrholaemus". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Part 8: 173. Although bearing the year 1840 on the title page, the volume did not appear until 1841.
  3. Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 426.
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p.  326. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Bristlebirds, pardalotes & Australasian warblers". World Bird List Version 7.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 June 2017.