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Philippine creeper

Index Philippine creeper

The Philippine creepers or rhabdornises are small passerine birds. [1]

38 relations: Adaptation, Anatomy, Aplonis, Atlanta Thrashers, Australasian treecreeper, Basal (phylogenetics), Biogeography, Bird, Bird migration, Bowerbird, Camouflage, Clade, Convergent evolution, Crypsis, Ecological niche, Endemism, Family (biology), Genus, German language, Grand rhabdornis, James Greenway, Ludwig Reichenbach, Myna, Old World babbler, Passerine, Philippines, Polynesian starling, Short-toed treecreeper, Species, Starling, Stripe-breasted rhabdornis, Stripe-headed rhabdornis, Symplesiomorphy, Synapomorphy and apomorphy, Treecreeper, Wallacea, White-throated treecreeper, Wren.

Adaptation

In biology, adaptation has three related meanings.

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Anatomy

Anatomy (Greek anatomē, “dissection”) is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts.

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Aplonis

Aplonis is a genus of starlings.

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Atlanta Thrashers

The Atlanta Thrashers were an American professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Australasian treecreeper

There are 7 species of Australasian treecreeper in the passerine bird family Climacteridae.

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Basal (phylogenetics)

In phylogenetics, basal is the direction of the base (or root) of a rooted phylogenetic tree or cladogram.

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Biogeography

Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time.

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Bird

Birds, also known as Aves, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

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Bird migration

Bird migration is the regular seasonal movement, often north and south along a flyway, between breeding and wintering grounds.

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Bowerbird

Bowerbirds make up the bird family Ptilonorhynchidae.

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Camouflage

Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see (crypsis), or by disguising them as something else (mimesis).

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Clade

A clade (from κλάδος, klados, "branch"), also known as monophyletic group, is a group of organisms that consists of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants, and represents a single "branch" on the "tree of life".

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Convergent evolution

Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different lineages.

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Crypsis

In ecology, crypsis is the ability of an animal to avoid observation or detection by other animals.

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Ecological niche

In ecology, a niche (CanE, or) is the fit of a species living under specific environmental conditions.

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Endemism

Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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German language

German (Deutsch) is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe.

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Grand rhabdornis

The grand rhabdornis (Rhabdornis grandis), also known as the long-billed rhabdornis or long-billed creeper, is a species of bird currently placed in the starling family, Sturnidae.

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James Greenway

James Cowan Greenway (7 April 1903 – 10 June 1989) was an American ornithologist.

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Ludwig Reichenbach

Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (January 8, 1793 – March 17, 1879) was a German botanist and ornithologist.

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Myna

The myna (also known as mynah) is a bird of the starling family (Sturnidae).

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Old World babbler

The Old World babblers or Timaliidae are a family of mostly Old World passerine birds.

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Passerine

A passerine is any bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species.

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Philippines

The Philippines (Pilipinas or Filipinas), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ng Pilipinas), is a unitary sovereign and archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Polynesian starling

The Polynesian starling (Aplonis tabuensis) is a species of starling of the family Sturnidae.

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Short-toed treecreeper

The short-toed treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla) is a small passerine bird found in woodlands through much of the warmer regions of Europe and into north Africa.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Starling

Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Sturnidae.

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Stripe-breasted rhabdornis

The stripe-breasted rhabdornis (Rhabdornis inornatus), also known as the stripe-breasted creeper or plain-headed creeper, is a species of bird currently placed in the starling family, Sturnidae.

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Stripe-headed rhabdornis

The stripe-headed rhabdornis or stripe-headed creeper (Rhabdornis mystacalis), also known as the stripe-sided rhabdornis, is a species of bird currently placed in the starling family, Sturnidae.

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Symplesiomorphy

In phylogenetics, a plesiomorphy, symplesiomorphy or symplesiomorphic character is an ancestral character or trait state shared by two or more taxa.

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Synapomorphy and apomorphy

In phylogenetics, apomorphy and synapomorphy refer to derived characters of a clade – characters or traits that are derived from ancestral characters over evolutionary history.

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Treecreeper

The treecreepers are a family, Certhiidae, of small passerine birds, widespread in wooded regions of the Northern Hemisphere and sub-Saharan Africa.

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Wallacea

Wallacea is a biogeographical designation for a group of mainly Indonesian islands separated by deep-water straits from the Asian and Australian continental shelves.

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White-throated treecreeper

The white-throated treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea) is an Australian treecreeper found in the forests of eastern Australia.

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Wren

The wrens are mostly small, brownish passerine birds in the mainly New World family Troglodytidae.

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Redirects here:

Philippine Creeper, Philippine creepers, Phillipine creepers, Rhabdornis, Rhabdornithidae, Rhabornis.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_creeper

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