Myiomela

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Myiomela
Cinclidium leucurum male - Ang Khang.jpg
White-tailed robin (Myiomela leucura)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Myiomela
G.R. Gray, 1846
Type species
Muscisylvia leucura [1]
Hodgson, 1845

Myiomela is a genus of bird in the family Muscicapidae. Some members have sometimes been included in the genus Cinclidium and the phylogeny has not been resolved completely. [2] [3]

The genus currently includes three species: [4] [5]

Species from southern India that were tentatively placed in this genus are now treated in the genus Sholicola . [6]

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References

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