八哥属

椋鸟科的一属鸟类

八哥属属名Acridotheres)是椋鸟科的一个属,广泛分布于亚洲热带地区,部分作为观赏鸟引入世界各地,家八哥为其模式种[1]。其学名来自古希腊语“akridos”(蝗虫)、“-thēras”(捕食)[2]

八哥属
八哥 Acridotheres cristatellus
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 鸟纲 Aves
目: 雀形目 Passeriformes
科: 椋鸟科 Sturnidae
属: 八哥属 Acridotheres
Vieillot, 1816

中文的“八哥”是对八哥叫声的描述。“八”为其叫声的拟声词,而“哥”实为“歌”,通“歌”,本意为会叭叭叫的鸟[3]

分类

该属包含以下几个种:[4]

 
 
 
 

A. cinereus

 

A. fuscus

A. javanicus

 

A. albocinctus

 

A. cristatellus

A. grandis

 

A. melanopterus

A. burmannicus

 

A. ginginianus

A. tristis

种系发生关系[5]

丝光椋鸟灰椋鸟有时也被划归该属。

参考文献

  1. ^ Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr (编). Check-list of birds of the world. Volume 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. 1962: 112 [2019-03-14]. (原始内容存档于2018-11-05). 
  2. ^ Jobling, J.A. del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. , 编. Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. 2018 [11 May 2018]. 
  3. ^ 国立故宫博物院编辑委员会 (编). 故宮鳥譜 . 国立故宫博物院. 1997: 51. ISBN 957-562-308-8. 鸜鹆,本名哵哵鸟,《玉篇》云:“哵,鸟(注:应为“鸣”之误记)也”。《广韵》:“哵,布拔切,读八。”是八即哵。其云哥者,哥即古歌字。凡能言之鸟,皆可名哥,如鹦哥、了哥是也。 
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (编). Nuthatches, Wallcreeper, treecreepers, mockingbirds, starlings, oxpeckers. World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. 2018 [11 May 2018]. (原始内容存档于2017-01-07). 
  5. ^ Zuccon, D.; Pasquet, E.; Ericson, P. G. P. Phylogenetic relationships among Palearctic–Oriental starlings and mynas (genera Sturnus and Acridotheres : Sturnidae) (PDF). Zoologica Scripta. 2008, 37: 469–481. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00339.x. 
  • Feare, Chris & Craig, Adrian (1999): Starlings and Mynas. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-7136-3961-X
  • Grimmett, Richard; Inskipp, Carol, Inskipp, Tim & Byers, Clive (1999): Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.. ISBN 0-691-04910-6
  • Jønsson, Knud A. & Fjeldså, Jon (2006): A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds (Aves: Passeri). Zool. Scripta 35(2): 149–186. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00221.x (HTML abstract)
  • Zuccon, Dario; Cibois, Anne; Pasquet, Eric & Ericson, Per G.P. (2006): Nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data reveal the major lineages of starlings, mynas and related taxa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41(2): 333-344. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.007 (HTML abstract)