Warbler
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Various Passeriformes (perching birds) are commonly referred to as warblers . They are not necessarily closely related to one another, but share some characteristics, such as being fairly small, vocal, and insectivorous .
Sylvioid warblers
These are somewhat more closely related to each other than to other warblers. They belong to a superfamily also containing Old World babblers , bulbuls , etc.
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Old World warblers
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, formerly all in family Sylviidae
- Leaf warblers , now in family Phylloscopidae
- Typical bush warblers , now in family Cettiidae
- Grass warblers and megalurid bush-warblers , now in family Locustellidae
- Marsh and tree warblers , now in family Acrocephalidae
- True warblers or sylviid warblers , remaining in family Sylviidae or moved into the Timaliidae
- Cisticolid warblers , family Cisticolidae
- Malagasy warblers , the newly assembled family Bernieridae
Passeroid warblers
The two families of American warblers are part of another superfamily, which unites them with sparrows , buntings , finches , etc.
- Olive warbler , monotypic family Peucedramidae
- New World warblers , family Parulidae
Other
- Tit-warblers or flycatcher-tits, family Stenostiridae
These are closely related to the titmice and chickadees
- Australasian warblers , family Acanthizidae
These are the most distinct group of warblers. They are not closely related at all to the others, but rather to the honeyeaters and fairy-wrens .
- Hawaiian honeycreeper — warbler-niched -( adaptive radiation ), genus H. virens – common amakihi . [1] (See: List of adaptive radiated honeycreepers )
References
- Wilson, Eisner, Briggs, Dickerson, Metzenberg, O'Brien, Susman, & Boggs. Life on Earth , Edward O. Wilson , Thomas Eisner , Winslow R. Briggs, Richard E. Dickerson, Robert L. Metzenberg, Richard D. O'Brien, Millard Susman, William E. Boggs, c 1973, Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publisher, Stamford, Connecticut. (hardcover, ISBN 0-87893-934-2 )
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