Calamanthus
Genus of birds
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Calamanthus is a genus of bird in the family Acanthizidae.
| Calamanthus | |
|---|---|
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| Striated fieldwren (Calamanthus fuliginosus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Acanthizidae |
| Genus: | Calamanthus Gould, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Praticola anthoides Swainson, 1837=Anthus fuliginosus Vigors & Horsfield, 1827[1] | |
Taxonomy
The genus Calamanthus was introduced in 1838 by the English ornithologist John Gould [2] as a replacement name for Praticola that had been introduced in 1837 by William Swainson to accommodate Praticola anthoides Swainson, a junior synonym of Anthus fuliginosus Vigors and Horsfield, the striated fieldwren.[3][4] The name Praticola was pre-occupied as it had previous been introduced in 1829 by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup.[4][5] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek καλαμαια/kalamaia meaning "grasshopper" with the genus Anthus Bechstein, 1805.[6]
A poorly researched genus, the alliance has been recognised as a single species treatment (Schodde, 1975) and later two species or provisionally three separate species.[7] Birds of the World: Recommended English Names lists the following three species:[8]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | rufous fieldwren | Calamanthus campestris | Australia. |
_(8079660765).jpg) | striated fieldwren | Calamanthus fuliginosus | Australia. |
| Western fieldwren | Calamanthus montanellus | Australia. | |
