Eumyias

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Eumyias
Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassina) on a Kamala (Mallotus philipensis) tree W Picture 145.jpg
Verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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]

ImageCommon NameScientific NameDistribution
Nilgiri flycatcher (male) 03.jpg Nilgiri flycatcher Eumyias albicaudatusWestern Ghats
Indigo Flycatcher 0A2A6729.jpg Indigo flycatcher Eumyias indigomontane Sumatra, Java and Borneo
Verditer Flycatcher scientific name Eumyias thalassinus at Sattal India DSCN0934 1.jpg Verditer flycatcher Eumyias thalassinusIndomalaya
Buru Jungle-Flycatcher, Buru, ID-MA, ID imported from iNaturalist photo 440527775 (cropped).jpg Buru jungle flycatcher Eumyias additus Buru
Eumyias panayensis - Mt Mahawu Protected Forest.JPG Turquoise flycatcher Eumyias panayensisSulawesi, Moluccas and Philippines
- Matinan blue flycatcher Eumyias sanfordinorth Sulawesi
- Blue-fronted blue flycatcher Eumyias hoevellimontane Sulawesi
- Timor blue flycatcher Eumyias hyacinthinus Timor
- Flores jungle flycatcher Eumyias oscillans Flores and Sumbawa
- Sumba jungle flycatcher Eumyias stresemanni Sumba
Eumyias sordida.jpg Dull-blue flycatcher Eumyias sordiduscentral 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]

References

  1. "Muscicapidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  3. 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. Bibcode:2010MolPE..57..380S. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.008. PMID   20656044.

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