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Genus of birds
Peucaea is a
genus of
American sparrows. The species in this genus used to be included in the genus
Aimophila.
Taxonomy and species
A
molecular phylogenetic study published in 2009 found that the genus
Aimophila was
polyphyletic.
[3] In the resulting reorganization to create
monophyletic genera, eight species were moved from
Aimophila to the resurrected genus Peucaea.
[4] Peucaea had been introduced by the Franco-American ornithologist
John James Audubon in 1839.
[5] The genus name is from the
Ancient Greek peukē meaning "pine-tree".
[6] The
type species was designated by English zoologist
George Robert Gray in 1841 as Fringilla bachmani, a taxon now considered to be a subspecies of
Bachman's sparrow with the
trinomial name Peucaea aestivalis bachmani.
[4]
[7]
[8] Peucaea is the
sister genus to
Ammodramus within the family
Passerellidae.
[9]
The genus contains the following 8 species:
[4]
Notes
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^ Audubon spelled the specific epithet bachmani on the 1833 plate but bachmanii in the text published in 1834 to accompany the plate.
[1]
[2]
References
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a
b
Audubon, John James (1827).
"Bachmans Finch". The Birds of America; from original drawing. Vol. 2. London: Published by the author. Plate 165.
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^
Audubon, John James (1834).
Ornithological Biography, or an account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America ; accompanied by descriptions of the objects represented in the work entitled The Birds of America, and interspersed with delineations of American scenery and manners. Vol. 2. Edinburgh: Adam Black. pp. 366–367.
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^ DaCosta, J.M.; Spellman, G.M.; Escalante, P.; Klicka, J. (2009).
"A molecular systematic revision of two historically problematic songbird clades: Aimophila and Pipilo". Journal of Avian Biology. 40 (2): 206–216.
doi:
10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04514.x.
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a
b
c
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David;
Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020).
"New World Sparrows, Bush Tanagers". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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^
Audubon, John James (1839).
A Synopsis of the Birds of North America. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black. p. 112.
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^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 300.
ISBN
978-1-4081-2501-4.
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^
Gray, George Robert (1841).
A List of the Genera of Birds : with their Synonyma and an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus (2nd ed.). London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 60.
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^
Dickinson, E.C.;
Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 338.
ISBN
978-0-9568611-2-2.
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^ Bryson, R.W.; Faircloth, B.C.; Tsai, W.L.E.; McCormack, J.E.; Klicka, J. (2016).
"Target enrichment of thousands of ultraconserved elements sheds new light on early relationships within New World sparrows (Aves: Passerellidae)". The Auk. 133 (3): 451–458.
doi:
10.1642/AUK-16-26.1.