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Neomixis

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}

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| image = Neomixis tenella 1868.jpg

| image_caption = Common jery (Neomixis tenella)

| taxon = Neomixis

| authority = Sharpe, 1881

| type_species = Neomixis striatigula{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=164 |title= Cisticolidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-15}}

| type_species_authority = Sharpe, 1881

| range_map=LocationMadagascar.svg

| range_map_caption=Native range of Neomixis striatigula

}}

Neomixis is a genus of small forest birds that are endemic to Madagascar.

The genus was introduced by the English zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1881. The type species is the stripe-throated jery (Neomixis striatigula).{{ cite journal | last=Sharpe | first=Richard Bowdler | author-link=Richard Bowdler Sharpe | year=1881 | title=On a new genus of Timeliidae from Madagascar, with remarks on some other genera | journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London | volume=1881 | pages=195–197 [195] | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759328 }} The genus was formerly placed in the Old World babbler family but is now considered to belong to the family Cisticolidae.

Species

The genus includes three species:{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | year=2017 | title=Babblers & fulvettas | work=World Bird List Version 7.3 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/babblers/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=25 August 2017 }}

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ImageScientific NameCommon NameDistribution
120pxNeomixis striatigulaStripe-throated jeryeastern Madagascar
120pxNeomixis tenellaCommon jeryMadagascar
120pxNeomixis viridisGreen jeryeastern Madagascar

Another species the wedge-tailed jery (Hartertula flavoviridis) was until recently placed in this genus but biochemical studies suggest its true relationships lie elsewhere.

References

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  • Cibois, Alice; Slikas, Beth; Schulenberg, Thomas S. & Pasquet, Eric (2001): An endemic radiation of Malagasy songbirds is revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Evolution 55(6): 1198–1206. DOI:10.1554/0014-3820(2001)055[1198:AEROMS]2.0.CO;2 [https://web.archive.org/web/20060521183015/http://www.molecularevolution.org/resources/references/files/cibois_et_al_2001.pdf PDF fulltext]
  • Ryan, Peter (2006). Family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and allies). pp. 378–492 in del Hoyo J., Elliott A. & Christie D.A. (2006) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11. Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers Lynx Edicions, Barcelona {{ISBN|978-84-96553-06-4}}
  • Nguembock B.; Fjeldsa J.; Tillier A.; Pasquet E. (2007): A phylogeny for the Cisticolidae (Aves: Passeriformes) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data, and a re-interpretation of a unique nest-building specialization. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 272–286.

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Category:Bird genera

Category:Cisticolidae

Category:Endemic birds of Madagascar

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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