Zosterornis
Genus of birds
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Zosterornis is a genus of passerine birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The five species in the genus are endemic to the Philippines.
| Zosterornis | |
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| Chestnut-faced babbler (Zosterornis whiteheadi) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Zosterornis Ogilvie-Grant, 1894 |
| Type species | |
| Zosterornis whiteheadi (chestnut-faced babbler) Ogilvie-Grant, 1894 | |
| Species | |
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Taxonomy
The genus Zosterornis was introduced in 1894 by the Scottish ornithologist William Robert Ogilvie-Grant to accommodate his newly described species, the chestnut-faced babbler, which thus becomes the type species.[1][2] The name combines the Ancient Greek zōstēr meaning "belt" with ornis meaning "bird".[3]
These species were formerly included in the genus Stachyris in the Old World babblers family Timaliidae.[4] They were moved to their own genus Zosterornis in the white-eye family Zosteropidae based on molecular phylogenetic studies published in the first decade of the 21st century.[5][6]
The genus contains the following five species:[7]
- Chestnut-faced babbler, Zosterornis whiteheadi
- Luzon striped babbler, Zosterornis striatus
- Panay striped babbler, Zosterornis latistriatus
- Negros striped babbler, Zosterornis nigrorum
- Palawan striped babbler, Zosterornis hypogrammicus
