Qilian bluetail

Last updated

Qilian bluetail
Tarsiger albocoeruleus A9 01881.jpg
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Tarsiger
Species:
T. albocoeruleus
Binomial name
Tarsiger albocoeruleus
Meise, 1937

The Qilian bluetail (Tarsiger albocoeruleus) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that is found in north-central China. It formerly considered as conspecific with the red-flanked bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus).

Taxonomy

The Qilian bluetail was formally described in 1937 by the German ornithologist Wilhelm Meise as a subspecies of Tarsiger cyanurus, the red-flanked bluetail. [1] The epithet albocoeruleus combines the Latin albus meaning "white" with caeruleus meaning "blue". [2] It was previously usually considered a synonym of T. cyanurus, until accepted by Hadoram Shirihai and Lars Svensson in 2018, [3] and it was proposed to be a full species in a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2022. [4] It has now been recognised by the IOC World Bird List, [5] and the ebird/Clements Checklist. [6] It is distinctive in genetics and vocalisation, but only marginally different in morphology. The males have bluer fore-supercilium, and less white than in red-flanked bluetail. [4] [7]

References

  1. ↑ Stresemann, Erwin; Meise, W.; Schönwetter, M. (1937). "Aves Beickianae. Beiträge zur Ornithologie von Nordwest-Kansu nach den Forschungen von Walter Beick (†) in den Jahren 1926-1933". Journal für Ornithologie (in German). 85 (3): 375–576 [550–551]. Bibcode:1937JOrn...85..375S. doi:10.1007/BF01905592.
  2. ↑ Jobling, James A. "albocoeruleus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  3. ↑ Shirihai, Hadoram; Svensson, Lars (2018). Handbook of Western Palearctic Birds. Vol. 1: Passerines: Larks to Warblers. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 251–252. ISBN   978-1-4729-3758-2.
  4. 1 2 Wei, C.; Sangster, G.; Olsson, U.; Rasmussen, P.C.; Svensson, L.; Yao, C.-T.; Carey, G.J.; Leader, P.J.; Zhang, R.; Chen, G.; Song, G.; Lei, F.; Wilcove, D.S.; Alström, P.; Liu, Y. (2022). "Cryptic species in a colorful genus: Integrative taxonomy of the bush robins (Aves, Muscicapidae, Tarsiger) suggests two overlooked species". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 175 107580. Bibcode:2022MolPE.17507580W. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107580 . PMID   35810968.
  5. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  6. ↑ Clements, J.F.; Rasmussen, P.C.; Schulenberg, T.S.; Iliff, M.J.; Fredericks, T.A.; Gerbracht, J.A.; Lepage, D.; Spencer, A.; Billerman, S.M.; Sullivan, B.L.; Smith, M.; Wood, C.L. (2024). "The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Updates and Corrections – October 2024" . Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  7. ↑ Collar, N.; de Juana, E.; Christie, D.A.; Billerman, S.M.; Boesman, P.F.D. (2024). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E.; Smith, M.G. (eds.). "Qilian Bluetail (Tarsiger albocoeruleus), version 1.0" . Birds of the World. Ithaca, NY, USA: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/bow.refblu2.01 . Retrieved 26 November 2024.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.