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Sylvia

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Sylviidae

Taxonomy
Sylvia was named by Scopoli (1769). It is extant.

It was assigned to Sylviidae by Mlikovsky (2002), Clements et al. (2017).

Species
S. atricapilla, S. borin, S. communis, S. sarda
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. hortensis, S. melanocephala, S. melanocephala

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1769Sylvia Scopoli
2002Sylvia Mlikovsky p. 244
2017Sylvia Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familySylviidaeVigors 1825
genusSylviaScopoli 1769

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Sylvia Scopoli 1769
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Sylvia atricapilla Linnaeus 1758
Sylvia borin Boddaert 1783 [garden warbler]
Sylvia communis Latham 1787 [greater whitethroat]
Sylvia sarda Temminck 1820 [Marmora's warbler]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turolian to the top of the Holocene or 8.72500 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.09 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') S. atricapilla (174455)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy S. communis (197789)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) S. sp. (175900)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom S. borin (125088)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain S. sarda (194944) S. sp. (194940)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) S. borin (215363)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) S. melanocephala, S. hortensis, S. atricapilla (215378)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain S. sp. (194936)