Cyornis

<i>Cyornis</i>

Cyornis

Genus of birds

Cyornis is a genus of birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae most of which are native to Southeast Asia.

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Taxonomy

The genus Cyornis was introduced by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1843. He listed three species in the genus but did not specify which he considered to be the type species.[2] The type was subsequently designated by George Gray in 1855 as Phoenicura rubeculoides Vigors, 1831, the blue-throated blue flycatcher.[3][4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek kuanos meaning "dark-blue" with ornis meaning "bird".[5]

Species

The genus contains the following 32 species:[6]

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.[9] There are also "jungle flycatchers" in the genus Vauriella.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Muscicapidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  2. [2]
    Blyth, Edward (1843). "Mr. Blyth's monthly Report for December Meeting, 1842, with Addenda subsequently appended". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 12 (143): 925–1011 [940–941].
  3. [3]
    Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 53.
  4. [4]
    Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 355.
  5. [5]
    Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  6. [6]
    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.
  7. [7]
    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)
  8. [8]
    "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  9. [9]
    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.

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