Pseudoalcippe
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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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Pseudoalcippe is a genus of passerine birds in the family Sylviidae that are found in Africa.
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)
- Ruwenzori 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]
References
- ^ 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.
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