Ficedula

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Ficedula
Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva).jpg
Female red-breasted flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Subfamily: Saxicolinae
Genus: Ficedula
Brisson, 1760
Type species
Motacilla hypoleuca
Pallas, 1764
Species

30+, see text.

Synonyms
  • Siphia

The Ficedula flycatchers are a genus of Old World flycatchers. The genus is the largest in the family, containing around thirty species. They have sometimes been included in the genus Muscicapa . The genus is found in Europe, Asia and Africa. Several species are highly migratory, whereas other species are sedentary.

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Taxonomy and systematics

The genus was introduced by the French naturalist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) as the type species. [1] [2] The genus name is from Latin and refers to a small fig-eating bird (ficus, "fig") supposed to change into the blackcap in winter. [3]

Extant species

Male mugimaki flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki - Khao Yai.jpg
Male mugimaki flycatcher

The genus contains the following species: [4]

ImageCommon NameScientific NameDistribution
Dop ruoi vang (cropped).jpg Yellow-rumped flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia Manchuria, China and Korea; winters to Malay Peninsula and Sumatra
- Green-backed flycatcher Ficedula elisaenortheastern China; winters to Malay Peninsula
Narcissus Flycatcher-cropped.jpg Narcissus flycatcher Ficedula narcissinaKuril Islands, Manchuria and Japan; winters to Hainan, northeastern Borneo and Philippines
Ryukyu Flycatcher imported from iNaturalist photo 175461055 on 22 June 2024.jpg Ryukyu flycatcher Ficedula owstoni Ryukyu Islands
Slaty-backed Flycatcher male.jpg Slaty-blue flycatcher Ficedula tricolorHimalayas, central China, Yunnan and northern Indochina
Snowy-browed Flycatcher 0A2A2564.jpg Snowy-browed flycatcher Ficedula hyperythraHimalayas, southern China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia
Ficedula mugimaki 243653507.jpg Mugimaki flycatcher Ficedula mugimakiMongolia, Korea, southern Siberia and northeastern China; winters to Southeast Asia
Slaty-backed Flycatcher.jpg Slaty-backed flycatcher Ficedula erithacuseastern Himalayas, central/southern China; winters to northern Indochina
Pygmy Blue-Flycatcher fem - Eaglenest - India (34327315882).jpg Pygmy flycatcher Ficedula hodgsonieastern Himalayas and Southeast Asia
Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher 01.jpg Rufous-gorgeted flycatcher Ficedula strophiataHimalayas, Patkai, central/southern China, northern Indochina and eastern Vietnam
Ficedula sapphira.jpg Sapphire flycatcher Ficedula sapphira Eastern Himalaya, central/southern China and northern Indochina
Ultramarine Flycatcher (male).jpg Ultramarine flycatcher Ficedula superciliariseastern Afghanistan to Hengduan Mountains; winters in India and northwestern Indochina
Little Pied Flycatcher by Tisha Mukherjee 02.jpg Little pied flycatcher Ficedula westermanniHimalayas and Southeast Asia
Rusty-tailed Flycatcher I IMG 7389.jpg Rusty-tailed flycatcher Ficedula ruficauda Tian Shan and Himalayas; winters to Western Ghats
Kashmir Flycatcher a Vulnerable Himalayan Species 01.jpg Kashmir flycatcher Ficedula subrubra Nilgiri Mountains and Sri Lanka
Male Red-breasted Flycatcher.jpg Red-breasted flycatcher Ficedula parvaEurope and Caucasus ; winters to South Asia
Ficedula albicilla 255356227.jpg Taiga flycatcher Ficedula albicillaSiberia; winters to Indomalaya
Ficedula semitorquata.jpg Semicollared flycatcher Ficedula semitorquataeastern Mediterranean; winters to East Africa
Atlas Flycatcher (Ficedula speculigera).jpg Atlas pied flycatcher Ficedula speculigeranorth-west Africa
Ficedula hypoleuca Munkedal.jpg European pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleucaEurope; winters to equatorial Africa
Collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis).jpg Collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollisEurope; winters to southeastern Africa
Black and orange fly catcher -male.jpg Black-and-orange flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufasouthern Western Ghats
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.84437 1 - Ficedula dumetoria riedeli (Buttikofer, 1886) - Muscicapidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg Tanimbar flycatcher Ficedula riedeliTanimbar Islands (Larat and Yamdena)
Ficedula dumetoria.jpg Rufous-chested flycatcher Ficedula dumetoria Malesia
- Furtive flycatcher Ficedula disposita Luzon
Palawan Flycatcher.jpg Palawan flycatcher Ficedula platenae Palawan
Cyornis rufigula Smit.jpg Rufous-throated flycatcher Ficedula rufigula Sulawesi
- Cinnamon-chested flycatcher Ficedula buruensisMaluku Islands (Buru, Seram and Kai Besar)
- Sumba flycatcher Ficedula harterti Sumba
Ficedula timorensis 107995245.jpg Black-banded flycatcher Ficedula timorensis Timor
Little Slaty Flycatcher (cropped).jpg Little slaty flycatcher Ficedula basilanicaPhilippines Mindanao, Leyte and Samar
Bundok Flycatcher Male.png Bundok flycatcher Ficedula luzoniensismontane Philippines
Cryptic Flycatcher (cropped).jpg Cryptic flycatcher Ficedula crypta Mindanao
- Lompobattang flycatcher Ficedula bonthaina Lompobattang Massif, Sulawesi
Ficedula henrici 1901.jpg Damar flycatcher Ficedula henrici Damar Island

Former species

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus Ficedula:

Speciation

A 2015 study on genomic pattern of differentiation, also known as islands of speciation by Burri et al., in the Ficedula flycatchers. [6] Islands of differentiation are genomic regions with elevated measures of genetic differentiation. The authors examined island of differentiation within genomes and sought to answer (1) how they are formed and (2) what role they have in speciation. The flycatcher species complex is made up of four sister species and has a broad species range over all of Europe and parts of North Africa. The authors sequenced 200 genomes from 10 populations to an average of 14x coverage.

The authors tested two prominent models for the accumulation of islands of speciation, speciation with gene flow and linkage selection. Some of the expected patterns for islands of differentiation forming accumulating under a gene flow model and reduced sequence divergence outside the islands of differentiation compared to the rest of the genome and expansion of the islands of differentiation as reproductive isolation is reinforced during the speciation process. Based on the genomic data, expectations from the speciation with gene flow model were not well supported. Instead there was more support for the linkage selection model for islands of variation model. Such as an inverse correlation between recombination rate and differentiation, low amounts of ancestral variation in low recombining regions, and a positive relationship with nucleotide diversity and recombination rate. Some of the main findings from the study were:

By reinforcement

F. hypoleuca vis-a-vis F. albicollis are speciating from each other by reinforcement, as evidenced by differences between colouration in sympatry versus allopatry. This is evidence for speciation by reinforcement. [7]

Description

The flycatchers in the genus Ficedula are typically small with slender bodies and rounded heads. In many cases they are sexually dimorphic in their plumage, with the males being brightly or strikingly coloured and the females being duller or drabber. [8]

References

  1. Brisson, Mathurin-Jacques (1760). Ornithologie, ou, Méthode Contenant la Division des Oiseaux en Ordres, Sections, Genres, Especes & leurs Variétés (in French and Latin). Paris: Jean-Baptiste Bauche. Vol. 1, p. 38; Vol. 3, p. 369.
  2. Mayr, Ernst; Cotterell, G. William (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 11. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 335.
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, United Kingdom: Christopher Helm. p. 167. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4..
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2016). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". World Bird List Version 7.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  5. "Hypothymis azurea styani - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
  6. Burri, Reto; Nater, Alexander; Kawakami, Takeshi; et al. (November 2015). "Linked selection and recombination rate variation drive the evolution of the genomic landscape of differentiation across the speciation continuum of Ficedula flycatchers". Genome Research . 25 (11): 1634–1645. doi:10.1101/gr.196485.115. ISSN   1088-9051. PMC   4617962 . PMID   26355005.
  7. Noor, Mohamed A. F. (1999). "Reinforcement and other consequences of sympatry". Heredity . 83 (5). The Genetics Society (Nature): 503–508. doi: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6886320 . ISSN   0018-067X. PMID   10620021. (ORCID 0000-0002-5400-4408 GS 5nkhrpUAAAAJ).
  8. Taylor, B. (2020). "Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. doi:10.2173/bow.muscic3.01. S2CID   216288554 . Retrieved 30 May 2016.(subscription required)

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