Dohrn's warbler explained

Dohrn's warbler (Sylvia dohrni), also known as Principe flycatcher-babbler, Dohrn's flycatcher,[1] Dohrn's thrush-babbler, is a species of passerine bird in the family Sylviidae that is endemic to the island of Príncipe which lies off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea.

Formerly placed within the genus Horizorhinus,[2] it is now placed in the genus Sylvia[3] based on the results of molecular phylogenetic studies.[4] [5] The specific name honours Heinrich Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dohrn's Flycatcher. Avibase. May 17, 2019.
  2. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2017 . Sylviid babblers, parrotbills & white-eyes . World Bird List Version 7.3 . International Ornithologists' Union . 7 September 2017 .
  3. Ryan . P. . Dean . R. . 2017 . Dohrn's Warbler (Sylvia dohrni) . del Hoyo . J. . Elliott . A. . Sargatal . J. . Christie . D.A. . de Juana . E. . Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive . Lynx Edicions . 10.2173/bow.dohthb1.01 . 240855115 . 27 August 2017 . subscription .
  4. Voelker. G. . Melo . M. . Bowie . R. . 2009. A Gulf of Guinea island endemic is a member of a Mediterranean-centred bird genus . Ibis . 151 . 3 . 580–583 . 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00934.x. free .
  5. Voelker . Gary . Light . Jessica E. . 2011 . Palaeoclimatic events, dispersal and migratory losses along the Afro-European axis as drivers of biogeographic distribution in Sylvia warblers . BMC Evolutionary Biology . 11 . 163 . 163 . 10.1186/1471-2148-11-163 . free . 21672229 . 3123607.

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