Biology:Helopsaltes

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Short description: Genus of birds

Helopsaltes
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Middendorff's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes ochotensis)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Locustellidae
Genus: Helopsaltes
Alström, Cibois, Irestedt, Zuccon, Gelang, Fjeldså, Andersen, Moyle, Pasquet & Olsson, 2018

Helopsaltes is a genus of passerine birds in the grassbird family Locustellidae.

A comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study of the grassbird family Locustellidae published in 2018 found that the genus Locustella consisted of two distinct clades. The genus was split and six species were moved to the newly erected genus Helopsaltes with Pallas's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes certhiola) as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ἕλος/helos meaning "marshy ground" and ψάλτης/psaltis "a chanter".[1][2]

The genus contains the following species:[2]

References

  1. Alström, P.; Cibois, A.; Irestedt, M.; Zuccon, D.; Gelang, M.; Fjeldså, J.; Andersen, M.J.; Moyle, R.G. et al. (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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.029. PMID 29625229. https://zenodo.org/record/2587007/files/Alstrom%20et%20al.%202018%20Locustellidae%20MPE%20accepted%20version.pdf. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2018). "Grassbirds, Donacobius, Malagasy warblers, cisticolas, allies". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/grassbirds/. Retrieved 13 July 2018. 

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