Tychaedon
| Tychaedon | |
|---|---|
| Bearded scrub robin (Tychaedon quadrivirgata) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Richmond, 1917 |
| Type species | |
| Cossypha signata Sundevall, 1850
| |
Tychaedon is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that are found in Sub-Saharan Africa. It contains species that were formerly placed in the genus Cercotrichas.
Taxonomy
The species now placed in this genus were previously placed in the genus Cercotrichas. A molecular phylogenetic study of the family Muscicapidae published in 2023 found that Cercotrichas was paraphyletic.[1] In the rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, some species were moved to the resurrected genus Tychaedon.[2] This genus had been erected in 1917 by the American ornithologist Charles Wallace Richmond as a replacement name for Aedonopsis that had been introduced by Richard Bowdler Sharpe 1883. The type species is Cossypha signata Sundevall, 1850, the brown scrub robin.[3][4] The genus name Tychaedon combines Ancient Greek τυχη/tukhē meaning "chance" or "luck" with αηδων/aēdōn, αηδονος/aēdonos meaning "nightingale" or "songstress".[5]
These are African species of open woodland or scrub, that nest in bushes or on the ground.
The genus contains the following five species:[2]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karoo scrub robin | Tychaedon coryphoeus | southern Africa | |
| Brown scrub robin | Tychaedon signata | forests of eastern southern Africa | |
| Forest scrub robin | Tychaedon leucosticta | sparsely present throughout the African tropical rainforest | |
| Bearded scrub robin | Tychaedon quadrivirgata | East Africa | |
| Miombo scrub robin | Tychaedon barbata | miombo |
References
- ^ Zhao, M.; Gordon Burleigh, J.; Olsson, U.; Alström, P.; Kimball, R.T. (2023). "A near-complete and time-calibrated phylogeny of the Old World flycatchers, robins and chats (Aves, Muscicapidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 178: 107646. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107646.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ Richmond, Charles Wallace (1917). "Generic names applied to birds during the years 1906 to 1915 inclusive, with additions and corrections to Waterhouse's Index Generum Avium". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 53 (2221): 565-636 [575, footnote].
- ^ Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1883). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Cichlomorphae: Part IV. Containing the concluding portion of the family Timeliidae (Babbling Thrushes). Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 7. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 68.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "Tychaedon". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 12 March 2025.