Calliope (genus)

Calliope
	Male Siberian rubythroat (Calliope calliope)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Subfamily:	Saxicolinae
Genus:	Calliope; Gould, 1836
Type species
	Calliope lathamii; Gould, 1836

Calliope is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

The species were previously placed in the genus Luscinia. A large molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that Luscinia as defined in 2003 by Edward C. Dickinson was not monophyletic.^[2]^[3] The genus Calliope, with the type species, Calliope calliope, was reinstated to accommodate a well-defined clade.^[4]^[5] Although the blackthroat (Calliope obscura) had not been included in the 2010 phylogenetic analysis, a subsequent study found that the firethroat and the blackthroat were sister species and not colour morphs of the same species as some publications had previously suggested.^[6]

The genus Calliope was introduced by the English ornithologist John Gould in 1836.^[7]^[8] Calliope, from classical Greek meaning beautiful-voiced, was one of the muses in Greek mythology and presided over eloquence and heroic poetry.^[9]

The genus contains the following five species:^[4]

Himalayan rubythroat (Calliope pectoralis)
Chinese rubythroat (Calliope tschebaiewi) - formerly considered as a subspecies of the Himalayan rubythroat
Siberian rubythroat (Calliope calliope)
Firethroat (Calliope pectardens)
Blackthroat (Calliope obscura)

References

^ "Muscicapidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
^ Dickinson, E.C., ed. (2003). The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World (3rd ed.). London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 978-0-7136-6536-9.
^ Sangster, G.; Alström, P.; Forsmark, E.; Olsson, U. (2010). "Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of Old World chats and flycatchers reveals extensive paraphyly at family, subfamily and genus level (Aves: Muscicapidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57 (1): 380–392. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.008. PMID 20656044.
^ ^a ^b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2016). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
^ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2, Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, U.K.: Aves Press. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
^ Alström, P.; Song, G.; Zhang, R.; Gao, X.; Holt, P.I.; Olsson, U.; Lei, F. (2013). "Taxonomic status of Blackthroat Calliope obscura and Firethroat C. pectardens". Forktail. 29: 94–99.
^ Gould, John (1836). The Birds of Europe. Volume 2. London: J. Gould. Plate 118. The title page has the year as 1837. Plate 118 has legend: Gorget Warbler, Calhope lathamii. The list of plates at the beginning of the volume has Calliope.
^ Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr. (1964). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 33.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, United Kingdom: Christopher Helm. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.