Neomixis

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

Neomixis
Common jery (lNeomixis tenella)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Neomixis
Sharpe, 1881
Native range of Neomixis striatigula

The genus was introduced by the English zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1881. The type species is the stripe-throated jery (Neomixis striatigula).[1] The genus was formerly placed in the Old World babbler family but is now considered to belong to the family Cisticolidae.

The genus comprises three species:[2]

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
  1. Sharpe, Richard Bowdler (1881). "On a new genus of Timeliidae from Madagascar, with remarks on some other genera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 195–197 [195].
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Babblers & fulvettas". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  • 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 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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