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Acanthizidae

Description

The Acanthizidae, also known as the Australasian warblers, are a family of passerine birds which include gerygones, thornbills, and scrubwrens. The Acanthizidae consists of small to medium passerine birds, with a total length varying between 8 and 19 centimetres (3.1 and 7.5 in). They have short rounded wings, slender bills, long legs, and a short tail. Most species have olive, grey, or brown plumage, although some have patches of a brighter yellow. The weebill is the smallest species of acanthizid, and the smallest Australian passerine; the largest is the pilotbird.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3241751https://www.gbif.org/species/3241751
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)255521https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=255521
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Passeriformes : Acanthizidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-Theropoda
-NeotheropodaBakker 1986
-AverostraPaul 2002
-TetanuraeGauthier 1986
orderAvetheropodaPaul 1988
suborderCoelurosauriaHuene 1914
-ManiraptoraGauthier 1986
-ParavesSereno 1997
classAvesLinnaeus 1758
-PygostyliaChiappe 2002
-OrnithothoracesChiappe and Calvo 1994
-OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithuraeHaeckel 1866
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
-Neognathae
-NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
-TerrestrornithesLivezey and Zusi 2007
-Dendrornithes
-AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
-PicoclamatoresLivezey and Zusi 2007
superorderPasserimorphaeSibley et al. 1988
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyAcanthizidae
Scientific NameAcanthizidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Acanthizidaefamilybelongs to Passeriformesstated without evidenceBaird, 1992
Acanthizidaefamilybelongs to Passeriformesstated with evidenceClements et al., 2017
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)6
Extant Size (PBDB)5 (83%)
First Recorded Appearance0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Theropoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Theropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Coelurosauria)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. F. Baird. 1992. Fossil avian assemblage of Pitfall Origin from Holocene sediments in Amphitheatre Cave (G-2), South-western Victoria, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 44:21-44
Common Name(s) Thornbills, Flyeaters, Australasian Warblers
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthizidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Acanthiza
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Acanthornis
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Aethomyias
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Aphelocephala
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Calamanthus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Crateroscelis
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Finschia
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Gerygone
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
20.13 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
Leptotodus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Mohoua
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
50.13 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
Neosericornis
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Oreoscopus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Origma
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pachycare
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pseudogerygone
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pycnoptilus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
20.13 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
Pyrrholaemus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Sericornis
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Smicrornis
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Sphenura
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1992Acanthizidae Baird p. 29
2017Acanthizidae Clements et al.

References

Baird R. F. (1992) Fossil avian assemblage of Pitfall Origin from Holocene sediments in Amphitheatre Cave (G-2), South-western Victoria, Australia, Records of the Australian Museum 44, 21-44
Clements J. F., Schulenberg T. S., et al (2017) , The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017
Woehler E.J. (compiler) 2006. Species list prepared for SCAR/IUCN/BirdLife International Workshop on Antarctic Regional Seabird Populations, March 2005, Cambridge, UK. - via World Register of Marine Species
Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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