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Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Poodytes is a genus of passerine birds in the grassbird family Locustellidae.
Poodytes | |
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New Zealand fernbird | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Locustellidae |
Genus: | Poodytes Cabanis, 1851 |
Type species | |
Sphenoeacus gramineus Gould, 1845 |
A molecular phylogenetic study of the grassbird family Locustellidae published in 2018 found that some of the genera, as then defined, were non-monophyletic. In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, five species were moved from Megalurus to the resurrected genus Poodytes.[1][2] The genus had been introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis to accommodate the little grassbird which is therefore the type species.[3][4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek poa meaning "grass" with dutēs meaning "diver".[5]
The genus contains the following species:[2]
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