Chenorhamphus
| Chenorhamphus | |
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| Chenorhamphus grayi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Maluridae |
| Genus: | Chenorhamphus Oustalet, 1878 |
| Type species | |
| Chenorhamphus cyanopectus[1] Oustalet, 1878
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Chenorhamphus is a genus of birds in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae.
Taxonomy and systematics[edit]
The species of the genus Chenorhamphus were formerly classified in the genus Malurus until a 2011 analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA showed high divergence between the two taxa resulting in them being re-split into separate species. The study also found them to lie in a separate clade with the genera Sipodotus and Clytomyias and distinct from the genus Malurus. This led to the subsequent re-classification of the species into their own genus, Chenorhamphus.[2]
The genus contains two species:[3]
- Broad-billed fairywren (Chenorhamphus grayi)
- Campbell's fairywren (Chenorhamphus campbelli)
References[edit]
- ^ "Maluridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Driskell, Amy C.; Norman, Janette A.; Pruett-Jones, Stephen; Mangall, Elizabeth; Sonsthagen, Sarah; Christidis, Les (2011). "A multigene phylogeny examining evolutionary and ecological relationships in the Australo-papuan wrens of the subfamily Malurinae (Aves)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 60 (3): 480–85. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.03.030. PMID 21466855.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Lyrebirds, scrubbirds, bowerbirds & Australasian wrens". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
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