Camaroptera

Camaroptera is a genus of small passerine birds in the family Cisticolidae that are found in sub-Saharan Africa.

Camaroptera
Grey-backed camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Camaroptera
Sundevall, 1850

The genus was erected by the Swedish zoologist Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1850. The type species is the green-backed camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura).[1][2] The word Camaroptera comes from the Ancient Greek kamara for "arch" and pteron for "wing".[3]

The genus contains the following five species:[4]

Molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that the green-backed and the grey-backed camaroptera are closely related,[5][6][7] and some taxonomists treat them as conspecific.[8]

References
  1. Sundevall, Carl Jakob (1850). "Camaroptera". Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar (in Swedish). 7: 103.
  2. Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 185–186.
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Grassbirds, Donacobius, Malagasy warblers, cisticolas & allies". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  5. Nguembock, B.; Fjeldså, J.; Tillier, A.; Pasquet, E. (2007). "A phylogeny for the Cisticolidae (Aves: Passeriformes) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data, and a re-interpretation of an unique nest-building specialization". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 42 (1): 272–286. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.07.008. PMID 16949311.
  6. Nguembock, B.; Cruaud, C.; Denys, C. (2012). "A large evaluation of passerine cisticolids (Aves: Passeriformes): more about their phylogeny and diversification". Open Ornithology Journal. 5: 42–56. doi:10.2174/1874453201205010042.
  7. Olsson, U.; Irestedt, M.; Sangster, G.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Alström, P. (2013). "Systematic revision of the avian family Cisticolidae based on a multi-locus phylogeny of all genera". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66 (3): 790–9. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.11.004. PMID 23159891.
  8. Ryan, P. (2017). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Bleating Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  • Ryan, Peter (2006). Family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and allies). pp. 378–492 in del Hoyo J., Elliott A. & Christie D.A. (2006) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11. Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers Lynx Edicions, Barcelona ISBN 978-84-96553-06-4


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