Eumyias | |
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Verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Eumyias Cabanis, 1851 |
Type species | |
Muscicapa indigo [1] Horsfield, 1829 |
Eumyias is a genus of birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
It contains the following 11 species: [2]
Image | Common Name | Scientific Name | Distribution |
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![]() | Nilgiri flycatcher | Eumyias albicaudatus | Western Ghats |
![]() | Indigo flycatcher | Eumyias indigo | montane Sumatra, Java and Borneo |
![]() | Verditer flycatcher | Eumyias thalassinus | Indomalaya |
![]() | Buru jungle flycatcher | Eumyias additus | Buru |
| Turquoise flycatcher | Eumyias panayensis | Sulawesi, Moluccas and Philippines |
- | Matinan blue flycatcher | Eumyias sanfordi | north Sulawesi |
- | Blue-fronted blue flycatcher | Eumyias hoevelli | montane Sulawesi |
- | Timor blue flycatcher | Eumyias hyacinthinus | Timor |
- | Flores jungle flycatcher | Eumyias oscillans | Flores and Sumbawa |
- | Sumba jungle flycatcher | Eumyias stresemanni | Sumba |
![]() | Dull-blue flycatcher | Eumyias sordidus | central Sri Lanka |
The Buru jungle flycatcher was previously placed in the genus Rhinomyias but was moved to Eumyias when a 2010 molecular phylogenetic study found that Rhinomyias was polyphyletic. [3]