Iduna | |
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Sykes's warbler (Iduna rama) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Acrocephalidae |
Genus: | Iduna Keyserling & Blasius, JH, 1840 |
Type species | |
Sylvia caligata[1] M.H.C. Lichtenstein, 1823
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Iduna is a genus of tree warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. Keyserling and Blasius gave no explanation of the genus name Iduna.[2] It is sometimes lumped in the genus Hippolais, although in 2009 it was found to belong to the Iduna clade.[3]
It contains the following species:
- African yellow warbler (Iduna natalensis)
- Mountain yellow warbler (Iduna similis)
- Booted warbler (Iduna caligata)
- Sykes's warbler (Iduna rama)
- Eastern olivaceous warbler (Iduna pallida)
- Western olivaceous warbler (Iduna opaca)
References
[edit]- ^ "Acrocephalidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Silke Fregin; Martin Haase; Urban Olsson; Per Alström (2009). "Multi-locus phylogeny of the family Acrocephalidae (Aves: Passeriformes) – The traditional taxonomy overthrown". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 52 (3): 866–878. Bibcode:2009MolPE..52..866F. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.04.006. PMID 19393746.