Poodytes Explained
Poodytes is a genus of passerine birds in the grassbird family Locustellidae.
A molecular phylogenetic study of the grassbird family Locustellidae published in 2018 found that some of the genera, as then defined, were non-monophyletic. In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, five species were moved from Megalurus to the resurrected genus Poodytes.[1] The genus had been introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis to accommodate the little grassbird which is therefore the type species.[2] [3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek poa meaning "grass" with dutēs meaning "diver".[4]
The genus contains the following species:[5]
Notes and References
- Alström . P. . Cibois . A. . Irestedt . M. . Zuccon . D. . Gelang . M. . Fjeldså . J. . Andersen . M.J. . Moyle . R.G. . Pasquet . E. . Olsson . U. . 2018 . Comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the grassbirds and allies (Locustellidae) reveals extensive non-monophyly of traditional genera, and a proposal for a new classification . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 127 . 367–375 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.029 . 29625229 . 2018MolPE.127..367A . 4645834 .
- Book: Cabanis, Jean . Jean Cabanis . 1850–1851 . Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt . 1 . German, Latin . Halberstadt . R. Frantz . 42 .
- Book: Mayr . Ernst . Ernst Mayr . Cottrell . G. William . 1986 . Check-list of Birds of the World . 11 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 37 .
- Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 314 .
- Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2018 . Grassbirds, Donacobius, Malagasy warblers, cisticolas, allies . World Bird List Version 8.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 13 July 2018 .
