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Micromacronus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Timaliidae Genus: Micromacronus
Amadon, 1962Species Micromacronus leytensis
Micromacronus sordidusMicromacronus is a bird genus in the babbler family Timaliidae endemic to the Philippines. Long considered to be monotypic, its members are known as miniature-babblers or miniature tit-babblers. As the scientific as well as the common names indicate, their habitus resembles a diminutive version of the tit-babblers (Macronus). The genus was only described in 1962, upon the description of the first species, which had been collected by collector Manuel Celestino and Godofredo Alcasid, a zoologist at the Philippine National Museum.[1]
The genus contains just two species; the Visayan Miniature-babbler, Micromacronus leytensis, and the Mindanao Miniature-babbler, Micromacronus sordidus. The two species in the genus have sometimes been treated as a single species. The Visayan Miniature-babbler is found on the islands of Samar, Leyte and Biliran in the central Philippines, whereas the Mindanao Miniature-babbler is restricted to Mindanao only.
References
- ^ Amadon, Dean (1962). "A New Genus and Species of Philippine Bird". Condor 64 (1). http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Condor/files/issues/v064n01/p0003-p0005.pdf.
- Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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