Euodice

Euodice
E. malabarica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Euodice
L. Reichenbach, 1862
Species

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Euodice is a genus of estrildid songbirds that is recognized by some authorities while some include it within the genus Lonchura where it is treated as a subgenus.[1] Its members are from the dry zones of Africa and India and are commonly referred to as silverbills. The African and Indian species were earlier considered conspecific because they can interbreed. They are phylogenetically distinct and form a clade that is basal to other relatives in Estrildidae.[2][3][4][5]

Species

References

  1. ↑ Paynter, R. A., Jr., ed. (1968). "Check-list of birds of the World. Volume XIV". Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology: 368.
  2. ↑ Payne RB & MD Sorenson (2003). "Museum collections as sources of genetic data" (PDF). Bonner zoologische Beitrage 51: 97–104.
  3. ↑ Arnaiz-Villena, A; Ruiz-del-Valle V; Gomez-Prieto P; Reguera R; Parga-Lozano C; Serrano-Vela I (2009). "Estrildinae Finches (Aves, Passeriformes) from Africa, South Asia and Australia: a Molecular Phylogeographic Study" (PDF). The Open Ornithology Journal 2: 29–36. doi:10.2174/1874453200902010029.
  4. ↑ Güttinger, Hans Rudolf (1970). "Zur Evolution von Verhaltensweisen und Lautäußerungen bei Prachtfinken (Estrildidae)". Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie (in German) 27 (9): 1011–1075. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.1970.tb01917.x.
  5. ↑ Baptista, LF;Robin Lawson; Eleanor Visser; Douglas A. Bell (1999). "Relationships of some mannikins and waxbills in the estrildidae". Journal für Ornithologie 140 (2): 179–192. doi:10.1007/BF01653597.


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