Gymnoris
| Gymnoris | |
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| Yellow-throated sparrow (Gymnoris xanthocollis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Passeridae |
| Genus: | Gymnoris Blyth, 1845 |
| Type species | |
| Fringilla flavicollis[1] Franklin, 1831
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| Species | |
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Gymnoris is a genus of passerine birds in the sparrow family Passeridae. Three species are found in Africa while the yellow-throated sparrow ranges from Turkey to India.
The genus was introduced by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1845 with the yellow-throated sparrow as the type species.[2][3] The name combines the Ancient Greek words gumnos "bare" or "naked" and rhinos "nostrils".[4]
Species
[edit]There are four species recognized:[5]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Yellow-spotted bush sparrow
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Gymnoris pyrgita (Heuglin, 1862) |
the Sahel and the Horn of Africa | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Yellow-throated bush sparrow
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Gymnoris superciliaris Blyth, 1845 |
south-central and southern Africa | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Sahel bush sparrow
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Gymnoris dentata (Sundevall, 1850) |
Africa from Mauritania to Guinea and east to Eritrea and the south-western Arabian Peninsula | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Yellow-throated sparrow
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Gymnoris xanthocollis (Burton, 1838) Two subspecies
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southern Asia | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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These species are sometimes placed in the genus Petronia.
References
[edit]- ^ "Passeridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Blyth, Edward (1845). "Synopsis of the Indian Fringillidae". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 13 Part 2 (156): 944–963 [948].
- ^ 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. 307. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
- ^ Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Old World sparrows, snowfinches, weavers". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 May 2018.