Eumyias
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Eumyias is a genus of birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
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Eumyias | |
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Verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Eumyias Cabanis, 1851 |
Type species | |
Muscicapa indigo[1] Horsfield, 1829 |
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It contains the following 11 species:[2]
- Timor blue flycatcher (Eumyias hyacinthinus) – formerly placed in Cyornis
- Blue-fronted blue flycatcher (Eumyias hoevelli) – formerly placed in Cyornis
- Matinan blue flycatcher (Eumyias sanfordi) – formerly placed in Cyornis
- Flores jungle flycatcher (Eumyias oscillans) – formerly placed in Cyornis
- Sumba jungle flycatcher (Eumyias stresemanni) – formerly placed in Cyornis
- Dull-blue flycatcher (Eumyias sordidus)
- Verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus)
- Turquoise flycatcher (Eumyias panayensis)
- Nilgiri flycatcher (Eumyias albicaudatus)
- Indigo flycatcher (Eumyias indigo)
- Buru jungle flycatcher (Eumyias additus)
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]