Cyornis
Cyornis is a genus of birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae most of which are native to Southeast Asia.
| Cyornis | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Blue-throated blue flycatcher (C. rubeculoides) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Cyornis Blyth, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Phoenicura rubeculoides[1] Vigors, 1831 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Rhinomyias Sharpe, 1879 | |
Species
The genus contains the following 32 species:[2]
- Hainan blue flycatcher (Cyornis hainanus)
- Pale blue flycatcher (Cyornis unicolor)
- Rück's blue flycatcher (Cyornis ruckii)
- Blue-breasted blue flycatcher (Cyornis herioti)
- Rufous-breasted blue flycatcher (Cyornis camarinensis) – split from C. herioti
- White-bellied blue flycatcher (Cyornis pallidipes)
- Pale-chinned blue flycatcher (Cyornis poliogenys)
- Hill blue flycatcher (Cyornis whitei)
- Javan blue flycatcher (Cyornis banyumas)
- Dayak blue flycatcher (Cyornis montanus) Sometimes considered a subspecies of Cyornis banyumas[3]
- Meratus blue flycatcher (Cyornis kadayangensis) – described in 2021
- Large blue flycatcher (Cyornis magnirostris)
- Palawan blue flycatcher (Cyornis lemprieri)
- Tickell's blue flycatcher (Cyornis tickelliae)
- Indochinese blue flycatcher (Cyornis sumatrensis)
- Sunda blue flycatcher (Cyornis caerulatus)
- Bornean blue flycatcher (Cyornis superbus)
- Blue-throated blue flycatcher (Cyornis rubeculoides)
- Chinese blue flycatcher (Cyornis glaucicomans) Sometimes considered as a subspecies of Cyornis rubeculoides[4]
- Malaysian blue flycatcher (Cyornis turcosus)
- Mangrove blue flycatcher (Cyornis rufigastra)
- Kalao blue flycatcher (Cyornis kalaoensis) – split from C. rufigastra
- Sulawesi blue flycatcher (Cyornis omissus) – includes Tanahjampea blue flycatcher as a subspecies
- White-tailed flycatcher (Cyornis concretus)
- Brown-chested jungle flycatcher (Cyornis brunneatus)
- Nicobar jungle flycatcher (Cyornis nicobaricus)
- Fulvous-chested jungle flycatcher (Cyornis olivaceus)
- Grey-chested jungle flycatcher (Cyornis umbratilis)
- Crocker jungle flycatcher (Cyornis ruficrissa) Sometimes considered a subspecies of Cyornis ruficauda[3]
- Philippine jungle flycatcher (Cyornis ruficauda)
- Sulu jungle flycatcher (Cyornis ocularis) Sometimes considered a subspecies of Cyornis ruficauda[3]
- Sula jungle flycatcher (Cyornis colonus)
- Banggai jungle flycatcher (Cyornis pelingensis)
Seven of the above species, all with "jungle flycatcher" in their English names, were previously placed in the genus Rhinomyias but were moved to Cyornis based on the results of a 2010 molecular phylogenetic study.[5] There are also "jungle flycatchers" in the genus Vauriella.[2]
References
- "Muscicapidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- 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.
- "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-05-27.
- Clement, P. "Blue-throated Blue-flycatcher (Cyornis rubeculoides)". 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. Retrieved 4 June 2016.(subscription required)
- Sangster, G.; Alström, P.; Forsmark, E.; Olsson, U. (2010). "Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of Old World chats and flycatcher reveals extensive paraphyly at family, subfamily and genus level (Aves: Muscicapidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57 (1): 380–392. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.008. PMID 20656044.
Further reading
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- 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.
- Robinson HC and NB Kinnear (1928). "Notes on the Genus Cyornis Blyth". Novitates Zoologicae. 34: 231–261.
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