Pyrrholaemus

Pyrrholaemus
Speckled warbler (Pyrrholaemus sagittatus)
Scientific classification
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]

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Redthroat	Pyrrholaemus brunneus	Western Australia and South Australia, Tasmania
	Speckled warbler	Pyrrholaemus sagittatus	Australia (Queensland, New South Wales).

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.