Upucerthia

Genus of birds

Upucerthia
Scale-throated earthcreeper (Upucerthia dumetaria)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Upucerthia
I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832
Type species
Upucerthia dumetaria[1]
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832

Upucerthia is a genus of bird in the family Furnariidae.

Taxonomy and etymology

Upucerthia is a genus of bird in the family Furnariidae. Established by French zoologist Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1832, it contains four species known as earthcreepers.[2] Genetic studies done in the early 2000s indicated that the genus as it stood at that time was highly polyphyletic, with species representing four distinct clades.[3] As a result, a total of five former species were moved to other genera. The rock earthcreeper and the straight-billed earthcreeper were moved to the genus Ochetorhynchus.[2][3][4] The Bolivian earthcreeper and the Chaco earthcreeper were moved to the genus Tarphonomus,[2][3][5] and the striated earthcreeper was moved into the monotypic genus Geocerthia.[2][3]

The genus name is a portmanteau of the genus names Upupa (for the hoopoes) and Certhia (for the treecreepers).[6]

List of species

The following are species recognized by the International Ornithologists' Union as being members of this genus.[2]

The Patagonian forest earthcreeper, described as a distinct species in 1900 but soon lumped as a subspecies of the scale-throated earthcreeper, was designated as a distinct species again in the early 2000s. This determination was based on differences in its morphology, song, breeding habitat, and migration patterns.[7]

References

Notes

  1. ^ "Funariidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ a b c d e Gill, Donsker & Rasmussen 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d Chesser, Barker & Brumfield 2007, p. 1320.
  4. ^ SACC 2007a.
  5. ^ SACC 2007b.
  6. ^ Jobling 2010, p. 396.
  7. ^ Areta & Pearman 2009, p. 135.

Sources

  • Areta, Juan; Pearman, Mark (2009). "Natural History, Morphology, Evolution, and Taxonomic Status of the Earthcreeper Upucerthia saturatior (Furnariidae) from the Patagonian Forests of South America". The Condor. 111 (1): 135–149. doi:10.1525/cond.2009.080009. S2CID 86727134.
  • Chesser, R. Terry; Barker, F. Keith & Brumfield, Robb T. (September 2007). "Fourfold polyphyly of the genus formerly known as Upucerthia, with notes on the systematics and evolution of the avian subfamily Furnariinae". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 44 (3): 1320–1332. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.04.014. PMID 17632018.
  • Gill, Frank; Donsker, David & Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2021). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". IOC World Bird List. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  • Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  • SACC (2007a). "Proposal (#324) to South American Classification Committee: Reinstate Ochetorhynchus and merge Chilia and Eremobius into it". Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 28 October 2008.
  • SACC (2007b). "Proposal (#323) to South American Classification Committee: Recognize the genus Tarphonomus for two "Upucerthia"". Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 28 October 2008.
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