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Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ceblepyris is a genus of African passerine birds in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae.
Ceblepyris | |
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Madagascar cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris cinereus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Campephagidae |
Genus: | Ceblepyris Cuvier, 1816 |
Type species | |
Muscicapa cana[1] Gmelin, 1788 |
These species were formerly placed in the genus Coracina. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that Coracina, as then defined, was non-monophyletic. In the resulting reorganization to create monophyletic genera these species were moved to the resurrected genus Ceblepyris.[2]
The genus contains the following five species:[3]
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