Aethomyias
Genus of birds in the family Acanthizidae
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Aethomyias is a genus of passerine birds in the family Acanthizidae that are endemic to New Guinea.
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| Aethomyias | |
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| Grey-green scrubwren, Aethomyias arfakianus by William Matthew Hart | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Acanthizidae |
| Genus: | Aethomyias Sharpe, 1879 |
| Type species | |
| Entomophila spliodera Gray, G.R., 1859 | |
A molecular phylogenetic study of the scrubwrens and mouse-warblers published in 2018 led to a substantial revision of the taxonomic classification. In the reorganisation the genus Aethomyias was resurrected to bring together a group of scrubwrens that had previously been placed in the genera Sericornis and Crateroscelis.[1][2] The genus Aethomyias had originally been introduced by the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1879 to accommodate a single species, Entomophila spliodera G.R. Gray 1859, the pale-billed scrubwren, which is therefore the type species.[3][4] The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek aēthēs "unusual" or "change" with the Modern Latin myias meaning "flycatcher".[5]
Species
The genus contains six species:[2]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bicolored scrubwren | Aethomyias nigrorufus | New Guinea | |
| Pale-billed scrubwren | Aethomyias spilodera | New Guinea | |
| Vogelkop scrubwren | Aethomyias rufescens | West Papua, Indonesia | |
| Buff-faced scrubwren | Aethomyias perspicillatus | New Guinea | |
| Papuan scrubwren | Aethomyias papuensis | New Guinea | |
| Grey-green scrubwren | Aethomyias arfakianus | New Guinea | |
