Dumetia
Tawny-bellied babbler (Dumetia hyperythra)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Timaliidae
Genus: Dumetia
Blyth, 1852
Type species
Timalia hyperythra (tawny-bellied babbler)
Franklin, 1831
Species

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Dumetia is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae that are found in India and Sri Lanka.

Taxonomy

The genus Dumetia was introduced in 1852 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth.[1] The genus name is from Latin dumetum, dumeti meaning "thicket".[2] Blyth listed two species in the genus and of these George Robert Gray in 1855 selected the tawny-bellied babbler as the type species.[3][4]

Species

The genus contains the following species:[5]

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Tawny-bellied babblerDumetia hyperythranorth-central India to Sri Lanka
Dark-fronted babblerDumetia atricepswest India to Sri Lanka

References

  1. ↑ Blyth, Edward (1852). Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum Asiatic Society. Calcutta: J. Thomas. p. 140. Although the title page is dated 1849, the book was not published until 1852. See: Dickinson, E.C.; Overstreet, L.K.; Dowsett, R.J.; Bruce, M.D. (2011). Priority! The Dating of Scientific Names in Ornithology: a Directory to the literature and its reviewers. Northampton, UK: Aves Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-9568611-1-5.
  2. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 142. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. ↑ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 45.
  4. ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 317.
  5. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Babblers & fulvettas". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
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