Cercotrichas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muscicapoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crocopoda Cladus: Archosauriformes Cladus: Eucrocopoda Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Subclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Cladus: Neornithes Infraclassis: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Passeri Infraordo: Passerides Parvordo: Muscicapida Superfamilia: Muscicapoidea

Familia: Muscicapidae
Subfamilia: Muscicapinae
Genus: Cercotrichas
Species: C. galactotes – C. hartlaubi – C. leucophrys – C. paena – C. podobe

Species transferred to other genus:

Tychaedon: C. barbata – C. coryphoeus – C. leucosticta – C. quadrivirgata – C. signata

Name

Cercotrichas Boie, 1831

Typus: Turdus erythropterus Gmelin = Turdus podobe Statius Müller, 1776 = Cercotrichas podobe, by subsequent designation.

Synonymy

Erythropygia A. Smith, 1836

References

Primary references

Boie, F. 1831. Bemerkungen über Species und einige ornithologische Familien und Sippen. Isis, oder Encyclopädische Zeitung von Oken 24 col. 538–548. BHL Reference page. col. 542

Additional references

Sangster, G., Alström, P., Forsmark, E. & Olsson, U. 2010. Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of Old World chats and flycatchers reveals extensive paraphyly at family, subfamily and genus level (Aves: Muscicapidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57(1): 380-392. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.008 Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Voelker, G,, Peñalba, J.V., Huntley, J.W. & Bowie, R.C.K. 2014. Diversification in an Afro-Asian songbird clade (Erythropygia–Copsychus) reveals founder-event speciation via trans-oceanic dispersals and a southern to northern colonization pattern in Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 73(1): 97–105 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.01.024 ResearchGate Reference page.
Zhao, M., Burleigh, J.G., Olsson, U., Alström, P. & Kimball, R.T. 2023. A near-complete and time-calibrated phylogeny of the Old World flycatchers, robins and chats (Aves, Muscicapidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 178: 107646 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107646 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Scrub Robin
suomi: Ruostepyrstöt
lietuvių: Krūminės liepsnelės
русский: Тугайные соловьи