Schoeniparus
| Schoeniparus | |
|---|---|
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| Yellow-throated fulvetta (Schoeniparus cinereus) from Khangchendzonga National Park in West Sikkim, India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Superfamily: | Sylvioidea |
| Family: | Pellorneidae |
| Genus: | Schoeniparus Hume, 1874 |
| Type species | |
| Minla rufogularis Mandelli, 1873 | |
| Species | |
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Schoeniparus is a genus of small passerine birds in the family Pellorneidae. They are found in the eastern Himalayas, Mainland Southeast Asia and southern China.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Schoeniparus was introduced in 1874 by the English naturalist Allan Octavian Hume.[1] As Hume did not specify a type species for the genus, in 1883 Richard Bowdler Sharpe designated the type as Minla rufogularis Mandelli, 1873, the rufous-throated fulvetta.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek σχοινος/skhoinos meaning "reed" or "rush" with the genus name Parus that had been introduced in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus for the tits.[4]
The species in genus Schoeniparus were formerly placed in the genus Alcippe with other fulvettas. Genetic analysis found the latter genus polyphyletic and Schoeniparus was resurrected for a group of seven species.[5][6]
The genus currently contains the following seven species:[7]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden-fronted fulvetta | Schoeniparus variegaticeps | southern China. | |
.jpg) | Yellow-throated fulvetta | Schoeniparus cinereus | eastern Himalayas and northern Laos |
.jpg) | Rufous-winged fulvetta | Schoeniparus castaneceps | eastern Himalayas and Indochina |
| Black-crowned fulvetta | Schoeniparus klossi | Vietnam. | |
 | Rufous-throated fulvetta | Schoeniparus rufogularis | southeastern Asia from the Himalayas through Indochina to southwestern Cambodia. |
 | Rusty-capped fulvetta | Schoeniparus dubius | Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. |
| Dusky fulvetta | Schoeniparus brunneus | China and Taiwan. | |
References
[edit]- ↑ Hume, Allan Octavian (1872). "Proparus dubius Hume". Stray Feathers. 2: 447-449 [449].
- ↑ Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1883). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Cichlomorphae: Part IV. Containing the concluding portion of the family Timeliidae (Babbling Thrushes). Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 7. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 606.
- ↑ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World (PDF). Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 532. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. "Schoeniparus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
- ↑ Moyle, R.G.; Andersen, M.J.; Oliveros, C.H.; Steinheimer, F.D.; Reddy, S. (2012). "Phylogeny and biogeography of the core Babblers (Aves: Timaliidae)". Systematic Biology. 61 (4): 631–651. doi:10.1093/sysbio/sys027.
- ↑ Cai, T.; Cibois, A.; Alström, P.; Moyle, R.G.; Kennedy, J.D.; Shao, S.; Zhang, R.; Irestedt, M.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Gelang, M.; Qu, Y.; Lei, F.; Fjeldså, J. (2019). "Near-complete phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the world's babblers (Aves: Passeriformes)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 130: 346–356. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.010.
- ↑ AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
