Aphrastura

Short description: Genus of birds

Aphrastura

Thorn-tailed rayadito, Aphrastura spinicauda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Passeriformes
Family:  | Furnariidae
Genus:  | Aphrastura
Oberholser, 1899
Type species
Motacilla spinicauda

Gmelin, 1789

Species

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The rayaditos (Aphrastura) are a genus of birds in the Furnariidae, the ovenbird family.

## Taxonomy

The genus Aphrastura was introduced in 1899 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser with the thorn-tailed rayadito as the type species.[1][2] The name genus name combines the Ancient Greek aphrastos meaning "marvellous" with oura meaning "tail".[3]

The genus contains the following species:[4]

* Thorn-tailed rayadito,[5] Aphrastura spinicauda
* Masafuera rayadito,[6] Aphrastura masafuerae
* Subantarctic rayadito,[7] Aphrastura subantarctica

## References

1. ↑ Oberholser, Harry C. (1899). "Some untenable names in ornithology". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 51: 201–216 [210–211]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26299947.
2. ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed (1951). Check-List of Birds of the World. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 73. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480410.
3. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n50/mode/1up.
4. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (January 2023). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/ovenbirds/.
5. ↑ Gonzalez J, Wink M (2010) Genetic differentiation of the Thorn-tailed Rayadito Aphrastura spinicauda (Furnariidae: Passeriformes) revealed by ISSR profiles suggests multiple palaeorefugia and high recurrent gene flow. Ibis. 152:761–774.
6. ↑ Gonzalez J. (2014). Phylogenetic position of the most endangered Chilean bird: the Masafuera Rayadito (Aphrastura masafuerae; Furnariidae). Tropical Conservation Science. 7:677-689.
7. ↑ Rozzi, Ricardo; Quilodrán, Claudio S.; Botero-Delgadillo, Esteban; Napolitano, Constanza; Torres-Mura, Juan C.; Barroso, Omar; Crego, Ramiro D.; Bravo, Camila et al. (2022-08-26). "The Subantarctic Rayadito (Aphrastura subantarctica), a new bird species on the southernmost islands of the Americas". Scientific Reports (Springer) 12 (1): 13957. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-17985-4. ISSN 2045-2322. PMID 36028531. Bibcode: 2022NatSR..1213957R.

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