Sylviidae

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Sylviidae
Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Infraorder: Passerida
Superfamily: Sylvioidea
Family: Sylviidae
Vigors, 1825
Genera

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Synonyms

Paradoxornithidae

Sylviidae is a family of passerine birds that was part of an assemblage known as the Old World warblers. The family was formerly a wastebin taxon with over 400 species of bird in over 70 genera. The family was poorly defined with many characteristics shared with other families. Advances in classification, particularly helped with molecular data, have led to the splitting out of several new families from within this group. Today the smaller family Sylviidae includes the typical warblers in the genus Sylvia, the parrotbills of Asia (formerly a separate family Paradoxornithidae), a number of babblers formerly placed within the family Timaliidae (which is itself currently being split) and the Wrentit, an unusual North American bird that has been a longstanding taxonomic mystery.

Description

They are small to medium-sized, with generally thin, pointed bill with bristles at the base, a slender shape and an inconspicuos and mostly plain plumage. Then wings show ten primaries feather, and are rounded and short in non-migratory species.[1]

Species

Family Sylviidae sensu stricto

True warblers (or sylviid warblers) and parrotbills. A fairly diverse group of smallish taxa with longish tails. Mostly in Asia, to a lesser extent in Africa. A few range into Europe; one monotypic genus on west coast of North America.

  • Myzornis - Fire-tailed Myzornis[2]
  • Parophasma - Abyssinian Catbird
  • Sylvia - typical warblers (c.20 species). Paraphyletic or contains Parisoma
  • Lioptilus - Bush Blackcap. Formerly in Timaliidae
  • Pseudoalcippe - African Hill Babbler. Formerly in Illadopsis (Timaliidae)
  • Horizorhinus - Dohrn's Thrush-Babbler. Formerly in Timaliidae
  • Rhopophilus - White-browed Chinese Warbler. Formerly in Cisticolidae
  • Lioparus - Golden-breasted Fulvetta. Formerly in Alcippe (Timaliidae)
  • Paradoxornis - (3 species). Formerly in Paradoxornithidae
  • Conostoma - Great Parrotbill. Formerly in Paradoxornithidae; tentatively placed here
  • Cholornis - (2 species). Formerly in Paradoxornithidae;
  • Sinosuthora - (6 species). Formerly in Paradoxornithidae;
  • Suthora - (3 species). Formerly in Paradoxornithidae;
  • Neosuthora - Short-tailed Parrotbill. Formerly in Paradoxornithidae;
  • Chleuasicus - Pale-billed Parrotbill. Formerly in Paradoxornithidae;
  • Psittiparus - (4 species). Formerly in Paradoxornithidae;
  • Fulvetta - typical fulvettas (7 species). Formerly in Alcippe (Timaliidae)
  • Chrysomma - 3 species. Formerly in Timaliidae
  • Chamaea - Wrentit

References

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  1. ↑ del Hoyo, J. Elliott, A. & Christie, D. (editors). (2006) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 84-96553-06-X
  2. ↑ Gelang, Magnus; Alice Cibois, Eric Pasquet, Urban Olsson, Per Alström, Per G. P Ericson (2009). "Phylogeny of babblers (Aves, Passeriformes): major lineages, family limits and classification". Zoologica Scripta 38 (3): 225–236. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00374.x. 
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