| Aphrastura | |
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| Thorn-tailed rayadito, Aphrastura spinicauda | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Genus: | Aphrastura Oberholser, 1899 |
| Type species | |
| Motacilla spinicauda Gmelin, 1789
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The rayaditos (Aphrastura) are a genus of birds in the Furnariidae, the ovenbird family.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Aphrastura was introduced in 1899 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser with the thorn-tailed rayadito as the type species.[1][2] The name genus name combines the Ancient Greek aphrastos meaning "marvellous" with oura meaning "tail".[3]
The genus contains the following species:[4]
- Thorn-tailed rayadito,[5] Aphrastura spinicauda
- Masafuera rayadito,[6] Aphrastura masafuerae
References
[edit]- ^ Oberholser, Harry C. (1899). "Some untenable names in ornithology". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 51: 201–216 [210–211].
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 73.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ Gonzalez J, Wink M (2010) Genetic differentiation of the Thorn-tailed Rayadito Aphrastura spinicauda (Furnariidae: Passeriformes) revealed by ISSR profiles suggests multiple palaeorefugia and high recurrent gene flow. Ibis. 152:761–774.
- ^ Gonzalez J. (2014). Phylogenetic position of the most endangered Chilean bird: the Masafuera Rayadito (Aphrastura masafuerae; Furnariidae). Tropical Conservation Science. 7:677-689.
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