Schoenicola
Broad-tailed grassbird (Schoenicola platyurus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Locustellidae
Genus: Schoenicola
Blyth, 1844
Type species
Thimalia platyura[1]
Jerdon, 1841

Schoenicola is a genus of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. There are two species, both from peninsular India. The genus has been placed in the subfamily Megalurinae.[2][3]

A 2018 study found that the African species brevirostris formerly placed in the genus Schoenicola and the Indian species S. platyurus were not closely related, with the Indian species being a sister of the bristled grassbird, which was considered as Chaetornis striata.[4] The African species, fan-tailed grassbird, is now placed in its own monotypic genus Catriscus.

The genus currently contains the following species:

References

  1. ^ "Locustellidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  2. ^ Alström P; Per G.P. Ericson; Urban Olsson; Per Sundberg (2006). "Phylogeny and classiWcation of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 38 (2): 381–397. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.05.015. PMID 16054402.
  3. ^ Silke Fregin; Martin Haase; Urban Olsson; Per Alstrom (2009). "Multi-locus phylogeny of the family Acrocephalidae (Aves: Passeriformes) - The traditional taxonomy overthrown". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 52 (3): 866–878. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.04.006. PMID 19393746.
  4. ^ Alström, Per; Cibois, Alice; Irestedt, Martin; Zuccon, Dario; Gelang, Magnus; Fjeldså, Jon; Andersen, Michael J; Moyle, Robert G; Pasquet, Eric; Olsson, Urban (2018). "Comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the grassbirds and allies (Locustellidae) reveals extensive non-monophyly of traditional genera, and a proposal for a new classification". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127: 367–375. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.029. PMID 29625229. S2CID 4645834.
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