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Aphrastura
The rayaditos (''Aphrastura'') are a genus of birds in the Furnariidae, the ovenbird family. Taxonomy The genus ''Aphrastura'' was introduced in 1899 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser with the thorn-tailed rayadito as the type species. The name genus name combines the Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ... ''aphrastos'' meaning "marvellous" with ''oura'' meaning "tail". The genus contains the following species: * Thorn-tailed rayadito, ''Aphrastura spinicauda'' * Masafuera rayadito, ''Aphrastura masafuerae'' * Subantarctic rayadito, ''Aphrastura subantarctica'' References Bird genera Taxa named by Harry C. Oberholser Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Furnariidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorn-tailed Rayadito
The thorn-tailed rayadito (''Aphrastura spinicauda'') is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in temperate forests and subtropical dry shrubland south of 30th parallel south, 30°S. Some sources suggest it may formerly have occurred in the Falkland Islands. It remains the most common and best-known native bird in temperate forests of Zona Austral and Zona Sur in Chile, often occurring at densities of well over one individual per hectare. Taxonomy The thorn-tailed rayadito was Species description, formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's ''Systema Naturae''. He placed it with the wagtails in the genus ''Motacilla'' and coined the binomial nomenclature, binomial name ''Motacilla spinicauda''. Gmelin based his description on the "thorn-tailed warbler" that had been described and illustrated by the English ornithologist John Latham (ornithologist), John Latham in his book ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
