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Iduna (bird)
''Iduna'' is a genus of tree warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. Keyserling and Blasius gave no explanation of the genus name ''Iduna''. It is sometimes lumped in the genus ''Hippolais'', although in 2009 it was found to belong to the ''Iduna'' clade. 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 The western olivaceous warbler (''Iduna opaca''), also known as isabelline warbler, is a "warbler", formerly placed in the Old World warblers when these were a paraphyletic wastebin taxon. It is now considered a member of the acrocephaline warbl ... (''Iduna opaca'') References Acrocephalidae Taxa named by Alexander von Keyserling Taxa named by Johann Heinrich Blasius {{Acrocephalidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sykes's Warbler
Sykes's warbler (''Iduna rama'') is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler family. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the booted warbler, but is now considered a full species. Its breeding range (biology), range is from northeast Arabian Peninsula, Arabia to Turkestan, Western China, west China and Afghanistan. Like the booted warbler, many populations of the species bird migration, migrate in winter to the Indian subcontinent as far south as Sri Lanka. Etymology The English name commemorates the Colonel William Henry Sykes who served in the British military in India. Alexander Keyserling, Keyserling and Johann Heinrich Blasius, Blasius gave no explanation of the genus name ''Iduna'', though in Norse mythology Iðunn, or Iduna, is the goddess of spring and fertility who was changed into a sparrow to enable her rescue by Loki. The specific epithet ''rama'' refers to the Hindu god Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu. Taxonomy Molecular phylogeny studies in 2009 suggested a cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Keyserling
Alexander Friedrich Michael Lebrecht Nikolaus Arthur Graf von Keyserling (15 August 1815 – 8 May 1891) was a Baltic German geologist and paleontologist from the Keyserlingk family of Baltic German nobility. Career Alexander von Keyserling was born on at the Kabillen Manor, , Courland Governorate (in present-day Kabile, Kuldīga Municipality, Latvia), then part of the Russian Empire. His father was Count Heinrich Diedrich Wilhelm von Keyserling, 3rd Count of Rautenburg, was a spokesman, and in Courland, his mother was Baroness Anna Amalie Benigna . His family was of Westphalian origin and was originated in Herford, they were considered part of the ''Uradel'', or old nobility. The first ever mentioned member was Albert Keserlink (1443-1467 or 1468), the mayor of Herford. Alexander belonged to the ''House of Rautenburg- Telsen-Paddern'', which was a subdivided branch of the Prussian comital branch. The branch's founder Dietrich II von Keyserling, Herr auf und , was e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Heinrich Blasius
Johann Heinrich Blasius (7 October 1809 – 26 May 1870) was a German zoologist. His sons, Rudolf Heinrich Paul Blasius (1842-1907) and August Wilhelm Heinrich Blasius (1845–1912) were ornithologists. Biography In 1836, he was appointed as a professor at the Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig. In 1840, he founded the Botanischer Garten der Technischen Universität Braunschweig. In 1859 he was appointed as the director of the newly founded Naturhistorisches Museum (Braunschweig) and in 1866 also of the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum. Writings He was the author of two major books on vertebrates: "''Fauna der Wirbelthiere Deutschlands''" (1857), and "''Die wirbelthiere Europa's''" (Vertebrates of Europe, with Alexander Keyserling, 1840). He also wrote "''Reise im Europäischen Russland in den Jahren 1840 und 1851''" (Journey to European Russia in the years 1840 & 1851). In 1862 ornithologist Alfred Newton (1829–1907) published "A list of the birds of Europe", a translation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tree Warbler
Tree warblers are medium-sized warblers in the marsh- and tree-warbler family Acrocephalidae. They are found in Europe, Africa and western Asia. Until recently, they were all classified in the single genus ''Hippolais''. These warblers are associated with trees, though normally in fairly open woodland rather than tight plantations. Compared with the closely related '' Acrocephalus'' species, tree warblers have squarer tails and broader bill-bases. Most are unstreaked greenish or brownish above and cream or white below. They are insectivorous, but will occasionally take berries or seeds. The species breeding in temperate regions are mostly strongly migratory. Taxonomy All the tree warblers were formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" family Sylviidae but are now separated in the family Acrocephalidae, along with the marsh warblers, '' Acrocephalus'', and some related species. Considerable evidence, much of it summarised in Parkin et al. (2004), suggests that the genus ''H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acrocephalidae
The Acrocephalidae (the reed warblers, marsh- and tree-warblers, or acrocephalid warblers) are a family of oscine passerine birds, in the superfamily Sylvioidea. The species in this family are usually rather large "warblers". Most are rather plain olivaceous brown above with much yellow to beige below. They are usually found in open woodland, reedbeds, or tall grass. The family occurs mostly in southern to western Eurasia and surroundings, but also ranges far into the Pacific, with some species in Africa. Genus '' Acrocephalus'' Marsh-warblers. About 42 species; para- or polyphyletic. * Moustached warbler, ''Acrocephalus melanopogon'' * Aquatic warbler, ''Acrocephalus paludicola'' * Sedge warbler, ''Acrocephalus schoenobaenus'' * Speckled reed warbler, ''Acrocephalus sorghophilus'' * Black-browed reed warbler, ''Acrocephalus bistrigiceps'' * Paddyfield warbler, ''Acrocephalus agricola'' * Manchurian reed warbler, ''Acrocephalus tangorum'' * Blunt-winged warbler, ''Acroc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hippolais
''Hippolais'' is a genus of tree warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. It is sometimes associated with the genus '' Iduna''. The genus name ''Hippolais'' is from Ancient Greek ''hupolais'', as misspelt by Linnaeus. It referred to a small bird mentioned by Aristotle and others and may be onomatopoeic Onomatopoeia is the process of creating a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes. Such a word itself is also called an onomatopoeia. Common onomatopoeias include animal noises such as ''oink'', ''m ... or derived from ''hupo'',"under", and ''laas'', "stone". Species It contains the following species: References Bird genera {{Acrocephalidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Yellow Warbler
The African yellow warbler (''Iduna natalensis''), also known as Natal yellow warbler, dark-capped yellow warbler or yellow flycatcher-warbler, is a species of Acrocephalidae warblers; formerly, these were placed in the paraphyletic "Old World warblers". Description The African yellow warbler is a medium-sized warbler in which the whole of the upperparts and tail are yellowish-brown, with a slightly browner crown and yellower rump. The wings have brown feathers edged with yellow. The underparts are bright yellow with an olive wash on the sides of the breast, flanks and lower belly. The bill is pale on the upper mandible and blackish on the lower, and the legs are blackish. Females have duller underparts, and the juveniles are similar to the males but are buffier. The total length is and the birds weigh between . Voice The song of the African yellow warbler is a rapid series of throaty and varied notes preceded by a few raspy notes, for example, "''chip-chip-chip- whee-lee-wheeo' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountain Yellow Warbler
The mountain yellow warbler or mountain flycatcher-warbler (''Iduna similis'') is a species of Acrocephalidae warbler; formerly, these were placed in the paraphyletic "Old World warblers". Range and habitat It is found in Burundi, DRC, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity. It .... References * BirdLife International 2004.Chloropeta similis 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007. *Fregin, S., M. Haase, U. Olsson, and P. Alström. 2009. Multi-locus phylogeny of the family Acrocephalidae (Aves: Passeriformes) - the traditional taxonomy overthrown. Molecular Phylogeneti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booted Warbler
The booted warbler (''Iduna caligata'') is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler group. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with Sykes's warbler, but the two are now usually both afforded species status. Booted warbler itself breeds from central Russia to western China, and migrates to winter in the Indian subcontinent as far south as Sri Lanka. Booted warbler has expanded its breeding range westward in recent decades and nests now as far west and north as Finland. It is a small passerine bird, found in open country with bushes and other tall vegetation. Three or four eggs are laid in a nest in a bush or vegetation. Like most warblers they are insectivorous. These are small warblers, especially compared to others in their genus. They are pale brown above and whitish below with buff flanks. The outer tail feathers have pale edges. They have a short pale supercilium, and the bill is strong and pointed. Sykes's warbler is larger and greyer than the booted warbler, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
The eastern olivaceous warbler (''Iduna pallida'') is a small passerine bird with drab plumage tones, that is native to the Old World. For the most part it breeds in southeastern Europe, the Middle East and adjacent western Asia, and winters in the northern Afrotropics. Relationships The eastern olivaceous warbler (''Iduna pallida'') is a "warbler", formerly placed in the Old World warblers when these were a paraphyletic wastebin taxon. It is now considered a member of the acrocephaline warblers, Acrocephalidae, in the tree warbler genus ''Iduna''. It was formerly regarded as part of a wider "olivaceous warbler" species, but as a result of modern taxonomic developments, this species is now usually considered distinct from the western olivaceous warbler, ''Iduna opaca''. Etymology Keyserling and Blasius gave no explanation of the genus name ''Iduna''. The specific ''pallida'' is Latin for "pale". Habits This small passerine bird is found in dry open country, including cultiva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Olivaceous Warbler
The western olivaceous warbler (''Iduna opaca''), also known as isabelline warbler, is a "warbler", formerly placed in the Old World warblers when these were a paraphyletic wastebin taxon. It is now considered a member of the acrocephaline warblers, Acrocephalidae, in the tree warbler genus ''Iduna''. It was formerly regarded as part of a wider "olivaceous warbler" species, but as a result of modern taxonomic developments, this species is now usually considered distinct from the eastern olivaceous warbler, ''Iduna pallida''. It is a small passerine bird, found in dry open country, including cultivation, with bushes or some trees. Two or three eggs are laid in a nest in low undergrowth or a bush. Like most warblers, the western olivaceous warbler is insectivorous. It is a medium-sized warbler, more like a very pale reed warbler than its relative the melodious warbler. The adults have a plain pale brown back and whitish underparts. The bill is strong and pointed and the legs grey. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iduna (bird)
''Iduna'' is a genus of tree warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. Keyserling and Blasius gave no explanation of the genus name ''Iduna''. It is sometimes lumped in the genus ''Hippolais'', although in 2009 it was found to belong to the ''Iduna'' clade. 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 The western olivaceous warbler (''Iduna opaca''), also known as isabelline warbler, is a "warbler", formerly placed in the Old World warblers when these were a paraphyletic wastebin taxon. It is now considered a member of the acrocephaline warbl ... (''Iduna opaca'') References Acrocephalidae Taxa named by Alexander von Keyserling Taxa named by Johann Heinrich Blasius {{Acrocephalidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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