Eumyias

Eumyias
Verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Eumyias Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Muscicapa indigo [1] Horsfield, 1821

Eumyias is a genus of birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

Taxonomy

The genus Eumyias was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis to accommodate a single species, Muscicapa indigo, the indigo flycatcher, that had been described by Thomas Horsfield in 1821. ^{[2] [3]} The genus name Eumyias combines the Ancient Greek ευ/eu meaning "fine" or "beauty" with the Modern Latin myias meaning "flycatcher". ^[4]

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. ^[5]

The genus contains the following 11 species: ^[6]

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	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

References

1. "Muscicapidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
2. Cabanis, Jean (1850–1851). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German and Latin). Vol. 1. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 53. For the publication date of volume 1 see: Dickinson, E.C.; Overstreet, L.K.; Dowsett, R.J.; Bruce, M.D. (2011). Priority! The Dating of Scientific Names in Ornithology: a Directory to the literature and its reviewers. Northampton, UK: Aves Press. pp. 80–81. ISBN   978-0-9568611-1-5.
3. Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 594. ISBN   978-0-9568611-2-2.
4. Jobling, James A. "Eumyias". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
5. 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.
6. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 October 2025.

Further reading

• Rasmussen PC & JC Anderton 2005 Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide. Smithsonian Institution & Lynx Edicions.
• Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). Handbook of the Birds of the World . Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions. ISBN   84-96553-06-X.