Polioptila

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Telluraves
Cladus: Australaves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Certhioidea

Familia: Polioptilidae
Genus: Polioptila
Species: P. albiloris – P. albiventris – P. attenboroughi – P. bilineata – P. caerulea - P. californica - P. clementsi - P. dumicola – P. facilis – P. guianensis - P. lactea - P. lembeyei - P. melanura - P. nigriceps - P. paraensis - P. plumbea - P. schistaceigula

Name

Polioptila P.L. Sclater, 1855

Typus: Motacilla caerulea Linnaeus, 1766 = Polioptila caerulea

References
Primary references

Sclater, P.L. 1855. On the genus Culicivora of Swainson and its components species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Pt. 23 no. 284: 11–12. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Whitney, B.M. & Álvarez Alonso, J. 2005. A new species of gnatcatcher from white-sand forests of northern Amazonian Peru with revision of the Polioptila guianensis complex. The Wilson Bulletin 117(2): 113–127. DOI: 10.1676/04-064. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Smith, B.T., Bryson, R.W.Jr., Mauck III, W.M., Chaves, J., Robbins, M.B., Aleixo, A. & Klicka, J. 2018. Species delimitation and biogeography of the gnatcatchers and gnatwrens (Aves: Polioptilidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 126:45-57. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.012Reference page.
Moura, C.C. de M., Araujo, H.F.P. de, Aleixo, A., Wink, M. & Fernandes, A.M. 2018. The role of landscape change and paleoclimatic events in shaping the evolutionary history of the Polioptila Gnatcatchers (Passeriformes, Polioptilidae) with emphasis on species associated with open habitats. Journal of Avian Biology 49(5) jav-012409 DOI: 10.1111/jav.01692 Open access Reference page.

Polioptila is a genus of small insectivorous birds in the family Polioptilidae. They are found in North and South America.

The genus Polioptila was introduced by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1855. Although he listed several members, he did not specify a type species.[2] This was designated by the American ornithologist Spencer Baird in 1864 as Montacilla caerulea, Linnaeus, now the blue-grey gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea.[3][4] The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek words πολιος polios "grey" and πτιλον ptilon "plumage".[5]

The genus contains 17 species:[6]

Rio Negro gnatcatcher, Polioptila facilis – split from P. guianensis
Guianan gnatcatcher, Polioptila guianensis
Slate-throated gnatcatcher, Polioptila schistaceigula
Para gnatcatcher, Polioptila paraensis – split from P. guianensis
Iquitos gnatcatcher, Polioptila clementsi – described in 2005
Inambari gnatcatcher, Polioptila attenboroughi – described in 2013
Tropical gnatcatcher, Polioptila plumbea
Creamy-bellied gnatcatcher, Polioptila lactea
Masked gnatcatcher, Polioptila dumicola
Cuban gnatcatcher, Polioptila lembeyei
Yucatan gnatcatcher, Polioptila albiventris
White-browed gnatcatcher, Polioptila bilineata – split from P. plumbea
Blue-grey gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea
Black-tailed gnatcatcher, Polioptila melanura
California gnatcatcher, Polioptila californica
Black-capped gnatcatcher, Polioptila nigriceps
White-lored gnatcatcher, Polioptila albiloris

References

"Polioptilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
Sclater, P.L. (1855). "On the genus Culicivora of Swainson, and its component species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 23: 11–12.
Baird, Spencer Fullerton (1864). Review of American birds, in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Vol. Part 1, North and Middle America. Washington: Smithsonian Institution. p. 67.
Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 448.
Jobling, J.A. (2019). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Dapple-throats, sugarbirds, fairy-bluebirds, kinglets, Elachura, hyliotas, wrens, gnatcatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 3 June 2021.