Qilian bluetail explained

The Qilian bluetail (Tarsiger albocoeruleus) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that is found in north-central China. It formerly considered as conspecific with the red-flanked bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus).

Taxonomy

The Qilian bluetail was formally described in 1937 by the German ornithologist Wilhelm Meise as a subspecies of Tarsiger cyanurus, the red-flanked bluetail.[1] The epithet albocoeruleus combines the Latin albus meaning "white" with caeruleus meaning "blue".[2] It was previously usually considered a synonym of T. cyanurus, until accepted by Hadoram Shirihai and Lars Svensson in 2018,[3] and it was proposed to be a full species in a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2022. It has now been recognised by the IOC World Bird List,[4] and the ebird/Clements Checklist.[5] It is distinctive in genetics and vocalisation, but only marginally different in morphology. The males have bluer fore-supercilium, and less white than in red-flanked bluetail.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Stresemann . Erwin . Erwin Stresemann . Meise . W. . Wilhelm Meise . Schönwetter . M. . Max Schönwetter . 1937 . Aves Beickianae. Beiträge zur Ornithologie von Nordwest-Kansu nach den Forschungen von Walter Beick (†) in den Jahren 1926-1933 . German . Journal für Ornithologie . 85 . 3 . 375-576 [550-551] . 10.1007/BF01905592.
  2. Web site: Jobling . James A. . albocoeruleus . The Key to Scientific Names . Cornell Lab of Ornithology . 25 November 2024 .
  3. Book: Hadoram. Shirihai. Lars. Svensson . 2018 . Handbook of Western Palearctic Birds . 1: Passerines: Larks to Warblers . London . Bloomsbury Publishing . 978-1-4729-3758-2 . 251-252 .
  4. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela C. Rasmussen . August 2024 . Chats, Old World flycatchers . IOC World Bird List Version 14.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 26 November 2024.
  5. Web site: Clements . J.F.. James Clements (ornithologist) . Rasmussen . P.C. . Pamela C. Rasmussen . Schulenberg . T.S. . Iliff . M.J. . Fredericks . T.A. . Gerbracht . J.A. . Lepage . D. . Spencer . A. . Billerman . S.M. . Sullivan . B.L. . Smith . M. . Wood . C.L. . 2024 . The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Updates and Corrections – October 2024 . 12 November 2024 .
  6. Wei . C. . Sangster . G. . Olsson . U. . Rasmussen . P.C. . Svensson . L. . Yao . C.-T. . Carey . G.J. . Leader . P.J. . Zhang . R. . Chen . G. . Song . G. . Lei . F. . Wilcove . D.S. . Alström . P. . Liu . Y. . 2022 . Cryptic species in a colorful genus: Integrative taxonomy of the bush robins (Aves, Muscicapidae, Tarsiger) suggests two overlooked species . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 175 . 107580 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107580 . free .
  7. Web site: Collar . N. . de Juana . E. . Christie . D.A. . Billerman . S.M. . Boesman . P.F.D. . 2024 . Qilian Bluetail (Tarsiger albocoeruleus), version 1.0 . del Hoyo . J. . Elliott . A. . Sargatal . J. . Christie . D.A. . de Juana . E. . Smith . M.G. . Birds of the World . Ithaca, NY, USA . Cornell Lab of Ornithology . 26 November 2024 . subscription .

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