Modulatrix
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Modulatrix
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Modulatrix is a genus of bird endemic to the mountains of south eastern Africa. The genus is something of a taxonomic enigma. It has been placed with the Old World babblers and the Old World flycatchers. Recent molecular studies have suggested that the species is part of a clade that previously included the sugarbirds,[1] but is better placed in a separate family. The genus now is usually considered monotypic containing the species spot-throat (Modulatrix stictigula), with the dapple-throat usually now treated as belonging to a separate genus, Arcanator.
References
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<references />, or <references group="..." />- ↑ Beresford, P.; Barker, F.K.; Ryan, P.G. & Crowe, T.M. (2005): African endemics span the tree of songbirds (Passeri): molecular systematics of several evolutionary 'enigmas'. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 272(1565): 849–858. doi:10.1098/rspb.2004.2997 PMID 15888418 PDF fulltext Electronic appendix
