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White-tailed Rubythroat
The white-tailed rubythroat has been split into the following species: * Chinese rubythroat, ''Calliope tschebaiewi'' * Himalayan rubythroat, ''Calliope pectoralis'' Birds by common name {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Rubythroat
The Chinese rubythroat (''Calliope tschebaiewi'') is a small passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is closely related to the Siberian rubythroat which however lacks the distinctive white tail-tips and white tail bases. It was also previously considered conspecific with the Himalayan rubythroat, together called the white-tailed rubythroat. It is found along the Himalayan ranges from Pakistan to Myanmar. Taxonomy The first formal description of the Chinese rubythroat was by the Russian geographer Nikolay Przhevalsky in 1876. He introduced the current binomial name ''Calliope tschebaiewi''. The specific epithet ''tschebaiewi'' is in honour of the Cossack Pamfili Tschebaeiv who accompanied Przevalsky on his travels. The Chinese rubythroat was subsequently considered as a subspecies of the Himalayan rubythroat (''Calliope pectoralis''). The species complex was given the English name "white-tailed rubythroat" and placed in the genus ''Luscinia''. A large molecular phylog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himalayan Rubythroat
The Himalayan rubythroat (''Calliope pectoralis'') is a species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is closely related to the Siberian rubythroat which however lacks the distinctive white tail-tips and white tail bases. It was also previously considered conspecific with the Chinese rubythroat, together called the white-tailed rubythroat. It is found along the Himalayan ranges from Afghanistan to Myanmar. Three subspecies are recognized across its wide range. Taxonomy The first formal description of the Himalayan rubythroat was by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1837. He coined the binomial name ''Calliope pectoralis''. The species was given the English name "white-tailed rubythroat" and moved to the genus ''Luscinia''. A large molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that the genus ''Luscinia'' was not monophyletic. The genus was therefore split and several species including the white-tailed rubythroat were moved to the reinsta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
