Muscicapida
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| European robin (Erithacus rubecula) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
[edit | edit source]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]
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References
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- ^ 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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