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Dohrn's warbler

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Dohrn's warbler
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sylviidae
Genus: Sylvia
Species:
S. dohrni
Binomial name
Sylvia dohrni
(Hartlaub, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Horizorhinus dohrni (Hartlaub, 1866)

Dohrn's warbler (Sylvia dohrni), also known as Principe flycatcher-babbler, Dohrn's flycatcher,[2] Dohrn's thrush-babbler, is a species of passerine bird in the family Sylviidae that is endemic to the island of Príncipe which lies off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea.

Formerly placed within the genus Horizorhinus,[3] it is now placed in the genus Sylvia[4] based on the results of molecular phylogenetic studies.[5][6] The name honours Heinrich Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Sylvia dohrni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Dohrn's Flycatcher". Avibase. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills & white-eyes". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  4. ^ Ryan, P.; Dean, R. (2017). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Dohrn's Warbler (Sylvia dohrni)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  5. ^ Voelker, G.; Melo, M.; Bowie, R. (2009). "A Gulf of Guinea island endemic is a member of a Mediterranean-centred bird genus". Ibis. 151 (3): 580–583. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00934.x.
  6. ^ Voelker, Gary; Light, Jessica E. (2011). "Palaeoclimatic events, dispersal and migratory losses along the Afro-European axis as drivers of biogeographic distribution in Sylvia warblers". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11 (163). doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-163. PMC 3123607. PMID 21672229.


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