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Scrub Robin
Scrub robin is part of the common name for species of birds in three different genera in two families, and may refer to: *Family Muscicapidae ** Genus ''Cercotrichas'' ***Kalahari scrub robin (''Cercotrichas paena'') ***Black scrub robin (''Cercotrichas podobe'') ***Rufous-tailed scrub robin (''Cercotrichas galactotes'') ***Brown-backed scrub robin (''Cercotrichas hartlaubi'') ***White-browed scrub robin (''Cercotrichas leucophrys'') ** Genus ''Tychaedon'' ***Karoo scrub robin (''Tychaedon coryphoeus'') ***Brown scrub robin (''Tychaedon signata'') ***Forest scrub robin (''Tychaedon leucosticta'') ***Bearded scrub robin (''Tychaedon quadrivirgata'') ***Miombo scrub robin (''Tychaedon barbata'') *Family Petroicidae ** Genus ''Drymodes'' ***Southern scrub robin (''Drymodes brunneopygia'') ***Northern scrub robin (''Drymodes superciliaris'') ***Papuan scrub robin (''Drymodes beccarii'') {{Animal common name Bird common names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muscicapidae
The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia), with the exception of several vagrants and two species, bluethroat (''Luscinia svecica'') and northern wheatear (''Oenanthe oenanthe''), found also in North America. These are mainly small arboreal insectivores, many of which, as the name implies, take their prey on the wing. The family is relatively large and includes 357 species, which are divided into 57 genera. Taxonomy The name Muscicapa for the family was introduced by the Scottish naturalist John Fleming in 1822. The word had earlier been used for the genus '' Muscicapa'' by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. Muscicapa comes from the Latin '' musca'' meaning a fly, and '' capere'' to catch. In 1910, the German ornithologist Ernst Hartert found it impossible to define boundaries between the three families Muscicapidae, Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |