Family: Macrosphenidae
Description
African Warblers
Taxonomy
Macrosphenidae is a family in the order Passeriformes.
Most of the species in this family were formerly placed in the Old World Warblers (Sylviidae). New genetic research showed that these species don't belong to the Old World Warblers but form a new family, in combination with the Rockrunner.
Genus Graueria were formerly also included in the Sylviidae but is now provisionally moved in a position of "limbo" (incertae sedis) at the end of Macrosphenidae.
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References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Macrosphenidae. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Macrosphenidae
Subcategories
This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
