Qilian bluetail
| Qilian bluetail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Tarsiger |
| Species: | T. albocoeruleus
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| Binomial name | |
| Tarsiger albocoeruleus Meise, 1937
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The Qilian bluetail (Tarsiger albocoeruleus) is a small passerine bird of Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It is distributed in north-central China, and was first described by Wilhelm Meise as a subspecies of the red-flanked bluetail in 1937.[1] It was previously usually considered invalid, until accepted by Hadoram Shirihai and Lars Svensson in 2018,[2] and it was proposed to be a full species in a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2022;[3] this has now been accepted by the IOC World Bird List.[4] 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.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Meise, W. (1937). Stresemann, E. (ed.). "Aves Beickianae Beiträge zur Ornithologie von Nordwest-Kansu nach den Forschungen von Walter Beick in den Jahren 1926–1933". J. Ornithol. (3): 550–551.
- ^ Shirihai, Hadoram; Svensson, Lars (2018-08-27). Handbook of Western Palearctic Birds, Volume 1: Passerines: Larks to Warblers. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4729-3758-2.
- ^ a b 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. Bibcode:2022MolPE.17507580W. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107580. PMID 35810968.
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- ^ "Chats, Old World flycatchers – IOC World Bird List". IOC World Bird List – Version 14.2. 2024-08-17. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
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