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Neomixis
''Neomixis'' is a genus of small forest birds that are endemic to Madagascar. The genus was introduced by the English zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1881. The type species is the stripe-throated jery (''Neomixis striatigula''). The genus was formerly placed in the Old World babbler family but is now considered to belong to the family Cisticolidae. The genus comprises three species: * Stripe-throated jery (''Neomixis striatigula'') * Common jery (''Neomixis tenella'') * Green jery (''Neomixis viridis'') Another species the wedge-tailed jery ('' Hartertula flavoviridis'') was until recently placed in this genus but biochemical studies suggest its true relationships lie elsewhere. References *Cibois, Alice; Slikas, Beth; Schulenberg, Thomas S. & Pasquet, Eric (2001): An endemic radiation of Malagasy songbirds is revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequence data. ''Evolution'' 55(6): 1198–1206. DOI:10.1554/0014-3820(2001)055 198:AEROMS.0.CO;2 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stripe-throated Jery
The stripe-throated jery (''Neomixis striatigula'') is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Description TSMF is generally found in large, disco .... References stripe-throated jery stripe-throated jery Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cisticolidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartertula Flavoviridis
The wedge-tailed jery (''Hartertula flavoviridis'') is a small bird endemic to the east of Madagascar. The species has been the cause of some taxonomic confusion, it was originally placed with the jeries in the genus ''Neomixis'' (Cisticolidae) before being placed in its own monotypic genus ''Hartertula'', but still considered close to ''Neomixis''. Recent research indicates it is part of an endemic Malagasy radiation currently known as the Malagasy warblers (Cibois ''et al.'' 2001). Description The wedge-tailed jery is a small, slender warbler-like bird between 12–13 cm long and weighing around 10 g. The plumage is bright yellow before and olive on the crown, wing and back. The eye has a pale white ring and is crossed with a pale supercilium. There is no sexual dimorphism in the plumage of adults, and juvenile birds have similar plumage as well. Ecology and behaviour The call, sung repetitively during foraging, is a nasal ''tsee zeezeezeezeezeezee''. In the rainforest t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Jery
The green jery (''Neomixis viridis'') is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Description TSMF is generally found in large, disco .... References green jery green jery Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Fauna of the Madagascar subhumid forests {{Cisticolidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Common Jery
The common jery (''Neomixis tenella'') is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It was first described in 1866 by Gustav Hartlaub Karel Johan Gustav Hartlaub (8 November 1814 – 29 November 1900) was a German physician and ornithologist. Hartlaub was born in Bremen, and studied at Bonn and Berlin before graduating in medicine at Göttingen. In 1840, he began to study and co .... References common jery common jery Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cisticolidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cisticolidae
The family Cisticolidae is a group of about 160 warblers, small passerine birds found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. They were formerly included within the Old World warbler family Sylviidae. This family probably originated in Africa, which has the majority of species, but there are representatives of the family across tropical Asia into Australasia, and one species, the zitting cisticola, breeds in Europe. These are generally very small birds of drab brown or grey appearance found in open country such as grassland or scrub. They are often difficult to see and many species are similar in appearance, so the song is often the best identification guide. These are insectivorous birds which nest low in vegetation. Taxonomy The family was introduced (as Cisticolinae) by the Swedish zoologist Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1872. Many taxonomists place the red-winged prinia and the red-fronted prinia in the genus ''Prinia'' rather than in their own monotypic genera. Sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old World Babbler
The Old World babblers or Timaliidae are a family of mostly Old World passerine birds. They are rather diverse in size and coloration, but are characterised by soft fluffy plumage. These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest variety in Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. The timaliids are one of two unrelated groups of birds known as babblers, the other being the Australasian babblers of the family Pomatostomidae (also known as pseudo-babblers). Morphological diversity is rather high; most species resemble "warblers", jays or thrushes. This group is among those Old World bird families with the highest number of species still being discovered. Characteristics Timaliids are small to medium birds. They have strong legs, and many are quite terrestrial. They typically have generalised bills, similar to those of a thrush or warbler, except for the scimitar babblers which, as their name implies, have strongly decurved bills. Most have predominantly brown plumage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] < |
