Muscicapida

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Muscicapida
European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) 2.jpg
European robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Passeri
Parvorder: Muscicapida

Muscicapida is a clade of birds in the order Passeriformes. Oliveros, C.H. et al. (2019) suggested a gondwanan migration of this lineage from Australia to Eurasia.[1]

Systematics[]

The parvorder contains the following 19 families:[1][2]

  • Bombycilloidea
    • Dulidae: palmchat
    • Bombycillidae: waxwings
    • Ptiliogonatidae: silky flycatchers
    • Hylocitreidae: hylocitrea
    • Hypocoliidae: hypocolius
    • Mohoidae: oos
  • Muscicapoidea
    • Elachuridae: spotted elachura
    • Cinclidae: dippers
    • Muscicapidae: Old World flycatchers and chats
    • Turdidae: thrushes and allies
    • Buphagidae: oxpeckers
    • Sturnidae: starlings and rhabdornis
    • Mimidae: mockingbirds and thrashers
  • Regulidae: goldcrests and kinglets
  • Certhioidea
    • Tichodromidae: wallcreeper
    • Sittidae: nuthatches
    • Certhiidae: treecreepers
    • Polioptilidae: gnatcatchers
    • Troglodytidae: wrens

The cladogram of Muscicapida shown below is based on the analysis of Carl Oliveros and colleagues published in 2019:[1]

Muscicapida

Bombycilloidea

Muscicapoidea

Regulidae

Certhioidea

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Oliveros, C.H.; et al. (2019). "Earth history and the passerine superradiation". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States. 116 (16): 7916–7925. doi:10.1073/pnas.1813206116. PMC 6475423. PMID 30936315.
  2. ^ H Kuhl, C Frankl-Vilches, A Bakker, G Mayr, G Nikolaus, S T Boerno, S Klages, B Timmermann, M Gahr (2020) An unbiased molecular approach using 3’UTRs resolves the avian family-level tree of life. Molecular Biology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaa191
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