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(Redirected from Rhabdornithidae) Genus of birds

Philippine creepers
Stripe-headed rhabdornis (Rhabdornis mystacalis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Passeri
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Rhabdornis
Reichenbach, 1853
Type species
Meliphaga mysticalis
Temminck, 1825
Species

Rhabdornis grandis
Rhabdornis inornatus
Rhabdornis mystacalis
Rhabdornis rabori

The Philippine creepers or rhabdornises are small passerine birds and form the genus Rhabdornis. They are endemic to the Philippines. They do not migrate, other than to make local movements.

Taxonomy

The genus Rhabdornis was introduced in 1853 by German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach to accommodate the stripe-headed rhabdornis. The name combines the Ancient Greek rhabdos meaning "stripe" with ornis meaning "bird."

The relationship of the Philippine creepers to other bird species was formerly uncertain and the genus Rhabdornis was placed in its own family Rhabdornithinae. Molecular phylogenetic studies have revealed that the Philippine creepers are aberrant members of the starling family Sturnidae.

The genus contains four species:

Description

The Philippine creepers are similar in appearance to treecreepers (Certhiidae). They have thin pointed down-curved bills, which they can use to extricate insects from bark, but they have brush-like tongues, which enable them to also feed on nectar.

References

  1. Reichenbach, Ludwig (1853). "Icones ad synopsin avium No. 11. Scansoriae B". Handbuch der speciellen Ornithologie (in German). Dresden und Leipzig: Expedition Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte. pp. 219–316 .
  2. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 333. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 161.
  4. Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 579. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
  5. Cibois, Alice; Cracraft, Joel (2004). "Assessing the passerine "Tapestry": phylogenetic relationships of the Muscicapoidea inferred from nuclear DNA sequences". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 32 (1): 264–273. Bibcode:2004MolPE..32..264C. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2003.12.002. PMID 15186812.
  6. Lovette, Irby J.; Rubenstein, Dustin R. (2007). "A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the starlings (Aves: Sturnidae) and mockingbirds (Aves: Mimidae): Congruent mtDNA and nuclear trees for a cosmopolitan avian radiation". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 44 (3): 1031–1056. Bibcode:2007MolPE..44.1031L. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.03.017. PMID 17502157.
  7. Zuccon, D.; Cibois, A.; Pasquet, E.; Ericson, P.G.P. (2006). "Nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data reveal the major lineages of starlings, mynas and related taxa". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 41 (2): 333–344. Bibcode:2006MolPE..41..333Z. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.007. PMID 16806992.
  8. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Nuthatches, Wallcreeper, treecreepers, mockingbirds, starlings, oxpeckers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  9. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-05-28.

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