Upucerthia
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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.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. 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.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. 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.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. The Bolivian earthcreeper and the Chaco earthcreeper were moved to the genus Tarphonomus,Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. and the striated earthcreeper was moved into the monotypic genus Geocerthia.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
The genus name is a portmanteau of the genus names Upupa (for the hoopoes) and Certhia (for the treecreepers).Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
List of species
The following are species recognized by the International Ornithologists' Union as being members of this genus.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
- Scale-throated earthcreeper (Upucerthia dumetaria)
- Patagonian forest earthcreeper (Upucerthia saturatior)
- White-throated earthcreeper (Upucerthia albigula)
- Buff-breasted earthcreeper (Upucerthia validirostris)
- Plain-breasted earthcreeper (Upucerthia validirostris jelskii)
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.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
References
Notes
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Funariidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
Sources
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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. Bibcode:2007MolPE..44.1320C. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.04.014. PMID 17632018.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gill, Frank; Donsker, David & Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2021). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". IOC World Bird List. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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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