Tichodroma

Tichodroma; Temporal range: Late Miocene - Recent
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tichodromidae; Swainson, 1827
Genus:	Tichodroma; Illiger, 1811
Species
	Tichodroma muraria (wallcreeper); †Tichodroma capeki;

Tichodroma is the only known genus in the family Tichodromidae. Initially, Linnaeus placed Tichodroma in the family Certhiidae, along with the treecreepers.,^[1] while other authorities have placed it the nuthatch family Sittidae, as its own subfamily. A 2016 phylogenetic study of members in the superfamily Certhioidea suggests it is a sister of the Sittidae.^[2]

Certhioidea

Tichodromidae: wallcreeper – 1 species

Sittidae: nuthatches – 29 species

	Salpornithidae: spotted creepers – 2 species

	Certhiidae: treecreepers – 9 species

	Polioptilidae: gnatcatchers – 22 species

	Troglodytidae: wrens – 96 species

Relationships among families in the superfamily Certhioidea.^[3]^[4]

The wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria) is the only extant species, but the extinct Tichodroma capeki is known from the Late Miocene of Polgardi, Hungary.^[5]

References

^ Campbell, Bruce; Elizabeth Lack (1985). A Dictionary of Birds. Calton: T & A D Poyser. pp. 638–39. ISBN 0-85661-039-9.
^ Zhao, Min; Alström, Per; Olsson, Urban; Qu, Yanhua; Lei, Fumin (2016). "Phylogenetic position of the Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria". Journal of Ornithology. 157 (3): 913. doi:10.1007/s10336-016-1340-8. S2CID 26838254.
^ Oliveros, C.H.; et al. (2019). "Earth history and the passerine superradiation". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States. 116 (16): 7916–7925. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.7916O. doi:10.1073/pnas.1813206116. PMC 6475423. PMID 30936315.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "IOC World Bird List Version 14.2". International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
^ Kessler, E. 2013. Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. – Hantkeniana, Budapest, 2013, 8: 37-149.

[Lack-1] Campbell, Bruce; Elizabeth Lack (1985). A Dictionary of Birds. Calton: T & A D Poyser. pp. 638–39. ISBN 0-85661-039-9.

[2] Zhao, Min; Alström, Per; Olsson, Urban; Qu, Yanhua; Lei, Fumin (2016). "Phylogenetic position of the Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria". Journal of Ornithology. 157 (3): 913. doi:10.1007/s10336-016-1340-8. S2CID 26838254.

[oliveros-3] Oliveros, C.H.; et al. (2019). "Earth history and the passerine superradiation". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States. 116 (16): 7916–7925. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.7916O. doi:10.1073/pnas.1813206116. PMC 6475423. PMID 30936315.

[ioc-4] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "IOC World Bird List Version 14.2". International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 September 2024.

[5] Kessler, E. 2013. Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. – Hantkeniana, Budapest, 2013, 8: 37-149.

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