Margarornis

Margarornis
	Pearled treerunner, Margarornis squamiger
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Furnariidae
Genus:	Margarornis; Reichenbach, 1853
Type species
	Sittasomus perlatus; Pearled treerunner; Lesson, 1844
Species
	Margarornis bellulus; Margarornis rubiginosus; Margarornis squamiger; Margarornis stellatus

Margarornis is a genus of passerine birds in the ovenbird family Furnariidae. They are found in South and Middle America. All four species in the genus have "treerunner" in their English name.

Taxonomy

The genus Margarornis was introduced in 1853 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach.[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek margaron meaning "pearl" with ornis meaning "bird".[2] The type species was designated by George Robert Gray in 1855 as Sittasomus perlatus Lesson. This taxon is now considered to be a subspecies of the pearled treerunner (Margarornis squamiger perlatus).[3][4]

Species

The genus contains four species:[5]

Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
Margarornis rubiginosus	Ruddy treerunner	Costa Rica and western Panama.
Margarornis stellatus	Star-chested treerunner	Colombia and Ecuador.
Margarornis bellulus	Beautiful treerunner	Panama
Margarornis squamiger	Pearled treerunner	Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela

The white-throated treerunner is placed in the monotypic genus Pygarrhichas.[5]

References

Reichenbach, Ludwig (1853). "Icones ad synopsin avium No. 10 Scansoriae A". Handbuch der speciellen Ornithologie (in German). Vol. 6. Dresden und Leipzig: Expedition Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte. pp. 145–218 [146, 179].
Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 241. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 28.
Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 116.
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

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[1] Reichenbach, Ludwig (1853). "Icones ad synopsin avium No. 10 Scansoriae A". Handbuch der speciellen Ornithologie (in German). Vol. 6. Dresden und Leipzig: Expedition Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte. pp. 145–218 [146, 179].

[2] Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 241. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

[3] Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 28.

[4] Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 116.

[ioc-5] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 June 2021.