Modulatrix

Modulatrix
Modulatrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: see text
Genus: Modulatrix
Ripley, 1952

Modulatrix is a genus of bird endemic to the mountains of south eastern Africa. The genus is something of a taxonomic enigma. It has been placed with the Old World babblers and the Old World flycatchers. Recent molecular studies have suggested that the two species are part of a clade that includes the sugarbirds.[1] The genus contains two species, although the Dapple-throat is sometimes treated as belonging to a separate genus, Arcantor. It contains the following species:

References

  1. ^ Beresford, P.; Barker, F.K.; Ryan, P.G. & Crowe, T.M. (2005): African endemics span the tree of songbirds (Passeri): molecular systematics of several evolutionary 'enigmas'. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 272(1565): 849–858. doi:10.1098/rspb.2004.2997 PMID 15888418 PDF fulltext Electronic appendix


Stub icon This article about an Old World flycatcher is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.