Aphrastura Explained

The rayaditos (Aphrastura) are a genus of birds in the Furnariidae, the ovenbird family.

Taxonomy

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
• Subantarctic rayadito,^[7] Aphrastura subantarctica

Notes and References

1. Oberholser . Harry C. . Harry C. Oberholser . 1899 . Some untenable names in ornithology . Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . 51 . 201–216 [210–211] .
2. Book: Peters . James Lee . James L. Peters . 1951 . Check-List of Birds of the World . 7 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 73 .
3. Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 50 .
4. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . January 2023 . Ovenbirds, woodcreepers . IOC World Bird List Version 13.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 6 March 2023 .
5. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01060.x/epdf 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.
6. http://tropicalconservationscience.mongabay.com/content/v7/TCS-2014-Vol7(4)_677-689_Gonzalez.pdf Gonzalez J. (2014). Phylogenetic position of the most endangered Chilean bird: the Masafuera Rayadito (Aphrastura masafuerae; Furnariidae). Tropical Conservation Science. 7:677-689.
7. Rozzi . Ricardo . Quilodrán . Claudio S. . Botero-Delgadillo . Esteban . Napolitano . Constanza . Torres-Mura . Juan C. . Barroso . Omar . Crego . Ramiro D. . Bravo . Camila . Ippi . Silvina . Quirici . Verónica . Mackenzie . Roy . Suazo . Cristián G. . Rivero-de-Aguilar . Juan . Goffinet . Bernard . Kempenaers . Bart . Poulin . Elie . Vásquez . Rodrigo A. . The Subantarctic Rayadito (Aphrastura subantarctica), a new bird species on the southernmost islands of the Americas . Scientific Reports . Springer . 12 . 1 . 2022-08-26 . 13957 . 2045-2322 . 10.1038/s41598-022-17985-4 . 36028531 . 9418250 . 2022NatSR..1213957R .