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Poodytes
''Poodytes'' is a genus of passerine birds in the grassbird family Locustellidae. A molecular phylogenetic study of the grassbird family Locustellidae published in 2018 found that some of the genera, as then defined, were non-monophyletic. In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, five species were moved from ''Megalurus'' to the resurrected genus ''Poodytes''. The genus had been introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis to accommodate the little grassbird which is therefore the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ''poa'' meaning "grass" with ''dutēs'' meaning "diver". The genus contains the following species: * Fly River grassbird (''Poodytes albolimbatus'') * Spinifexbird (''Poodytes carteri'') * † Chatham Islands fernbird (''Poodytes rufescens'') (extinct) * New Zealand fernbird (''Poodytes punctatus'') * Little grassbird (''Poodytes gramineus'') References {{Taxonbar, from=Q22954484 Poodytes, Bird genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Fernbird
The New Zealand fernbird or simply fernbird (''Poodytes punctatus'') is an insectivore, insectivorous bird endemic (ecology), endemic to New Zealand. In the Māori language, it is named or . Taxonomy The New Zealand fernbird, ''Poodytes punctatus,'' was Species description, described by the French zoologists Jean René Constant Quoy, Jean Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard, Joseph Gaimard in 1832 from a specimen collected in Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere, South Island, New Zealand. They coined the binomial name, ''Synallaxis punctata''. In the past, this species had the binomial names ''Bowdleria punctatus,'' and more recently, ''Megalurus punctatus.'' Recent Molecular phylogenetics, moluecular phylogenetic studies of the grassbird family Locustellidae have shown that the genus ''Megalurus'' was not monophyletic, resulting in the New Zealand fernbird, and four other Australasian species, now considered to be in the genus ''Poodytes.'' There are five subspecies of New Zealand fernbir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |