Pyrrholaemus Explained

Pyrrholaemus is a genus of birds in the family Acanthizidae.

The genus was introduced by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1841.^{[1] [2]} The name Pyrrholaemus is from classical Greek purrhos meaning "flame-coloured" or "red" and laimos for "throat".^[3]

Species

The genus contains two species:^[4]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
		Pyrrholaemus brunneus	Western Australia and South Australia, Tasmania
		Pyrrholaemus sagittatus	Australia (Queensland, New South Wales).

Notes and References

1. Gould . John . John Gould . 1840 . Genus Pyrrholaemus . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . Part 8 . 173 . Although bearing the year 1840 on the title page, the volume did not appear until 1841.
2. Book: Mayr . Ernst . Ernst Mayr . Cottrell . G. William . 1986 . Check-list of Birds of the World . 11 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 426 .
3. Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 326 .
4. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2017 . Bristlebirds, pardalotes & Australasian warblers . World Bird List Version 7.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 25 June 2017 .