Pseudoalcippe is a genus of passerine birds in the family Sylviidae that are found in Africa.
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| African hill babbler, Pseudoalcippe abyssinica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sylviidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoalcippe Bannerman, 1923 |
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The genus was erected by the English ornithologist David Armitage Bannerman in 1923.[1] The type species is the Ruwenzori hill babbler.
The genus contains two species:[2]
- African hill babbler (Pseudoalcippe abyssinica)
- Rwenzori hill babbler (Pseudoalcippe atriceps)
These two species were previously considered as members of the family Timaliidae (Old World babblers) but molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that they are closely related to species belonging to the genus Sylvia in the family Sylviidae.[3][4] Some taxonomists now place both species in Sylvia.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ Bannerman, David Armitage (1923). "Pseudoalcippe". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 44: 26.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills & white-eyes". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ^ Cibois, Alice (2003). "Mitochondrial DNA phylogeny of babblers (Timaliidae)". The Auk. 120 (1): 35–54. doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2003)120[0035:MDPOBT]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4090138. S2CID 85629890.
- ^ 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): 163. Bibcode:2011BMCEE..11..163V. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-163. PMC 3123607. PMID 21672229.
- ^ Collar, N.; Robson, C. (2017). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Ruwenzori Hill-babbler (Sylvia atriceps)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ Collar, N.; Robson, C. (2017). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "African Hill-babbler (Sylvia abyssinica)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
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