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Sialia (bluebird)

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Turdidae

Taxonomy
Sialia was named by Swainson (1827). It is extant.

It was assigned to Turdidae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Clements et al. (2017).

Species
S. mexicana, S. sialis
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2018-04-22

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Sialia Swainson
1940Sialia Wetmore p. 74
1956Sialia Wetmore p. 95
2017Sialia 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()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyTurdidaeRafinesque 1815
genusSialiaSwainson 1827

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. Sialia Swainson 1827 [bluebird]
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Sialia mexicana Swainson 1831
Sialia sialis Linnaeus 1758 [eastern bluebird]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available