Dumetia Explained

Dumetia is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae that are found in India and Sri Lanka.

Taxonomy

The genus Dumetia was introduced in 1852 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth.^[1] The genus name is from Latin dumetum, dumeti, meaning "thicket."^[2] Blyth listed two species in the genus, and of these, George Robert Gray in 1855 selected the tawny-bellied babbler as the type species.^{[3] [4]}

Species

The genus contains the following species:^[5]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
		Dumetia hyperythra	north-central India to Sri Lanka
	Dark-fronted babbler	Dumetia atriceps	west India to Sri Lanka

Notes and References

1. Book: Blyth, Edward . Edward Blyth . 1852 . Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum Asiatic Society . Calcutta . J. Thomas . 140 . Although the title page is dated 1849, the book was not published until 1852. See: Book: Dickinson . E.C. . Edward C. Dickinson . Overstreet . L.K. . Dowsett . R.J. . Bruce . M.D. . 2011 . Priority! The Dating of Scientific Names in Ornithology: a Directory to the literature and its reviewers . Northampton, UK . Aves Press . 978-0-9568611-1-5 . 74 .
2. Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 142 .
3. Book: Gray, George Robert . George Robert Gray . 1855 . Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum . London . British Museum . 45 .
4. Book: Mayr . Ernst . Ernst Mayr . Paynter . Raymond A. Jr . 1964 . Check-List of Birds of the World . 10 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 317 .
5. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . August 2022 . Babblers & fulvettas . IOC World Bird List Version 12.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 17 September 2022 .