Cyornis
| Cyornis | |
|---|---|
| |
| Blue-throated blue flycatcher (C. rubeculoides) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Cyornis Blyth, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Phoenicura rubeculoides[1] Vigors, 1831 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Rhinomyias Sharpe, 1879 | |
Cyornis is a genus of birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae most of which are native to Southeast Asia.
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]
- Pale blue flycatcher (Cyornis unicolor)
- Chinese blue flycatcher (Cyornis glaucicomans) Sometimes considered as a subspecies of Cyornis rubeculoides[7]
- Blue-throated blue flycatcher (Cyornis rubeculoides)
- Hainan blue flycatcher (Cyornis hainanus)
- Bornean blue flycatcher (Cyornis superbus)
- Malaysian blue flycatcher (Cyornis turcosus)
- Palawan blue flycatcher (Cyornis lemprieri)
- Sunda blue flycatcher (Cyornis caerulatus)
- Blue-breasted blue flycatcher (Cyornis herioti)
- Rufous-breasted blue flycatcher (Cyornis camarinensis) – split from C. herioti
- Philippine jungle flycatcher (Cyornis ruficauda)
- Sulu jungle flycatcher (Cyornis ocularis) Sometimes considered a subspecies of Cyornis ruficauda[8]
- Crocker jungle flycatcher (Cyornis ruficrissa) Sometimes considered a subspecies of Cyornis ruficauda[8]
- White-bellied blue flycatcher (Cyornis pallidipes)
- Brown-chested jungle flycatcher (Cyornis brunneatus)
- Nicobar jungle flycatcher (Cyornis nicobaricus)
- Grey-chested jungle flycatcher (Cyornis umbratilis)
- Large blue flycatcher (Cyornis magnirostris)
- Tickell's blue flycatcher (Cyornis tickelliae)
- Indochinese blue flycatcher (Cyornis sumatrensis)
- Hill blue flycatcher (Cyornis whitei)
- Mangrove blue flycatcher (Cyornis rufigastra)
- Sulawesi blue flycatcher (Cyornis omissus) – includes Tanahjampea blue flycatcher as a subspecies
- Kalao blue flycatcher (Cyornis kalaoensis) – split from C. rufigastra
- Javan blue flycatcher (Cyornis banyumas)
- Dayak blue flycatcher (Cyornis montanus) Sometimes considered a subspecies of Cyornis banyumas[8]
- Meratus blue flycatcher (Cyornis kadayangensis) – described in 2021
- Pale-chinned blue flycatcher (Cyornis poliogenys)
- Fulvous-chested jungle flycatcher (Cyornis olivaceus)
- Banggai jungle flycatcher (Cyornis pelingensis)
- Sula jungle flycatcher (Cyornis colonus)
- Rück's blue flycatcher (Cyornis ruckii)
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
- ^ "Muscicapidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- ^ 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].
- ^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 53.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 355.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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)
- ^ a b c "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-05-27.
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2010MolPE..57..380S. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.008. PMID 20656044.
Further reading
- Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 84-96553-06-X.
- Robinson HC and NB Kinnear (1928). "Notes on the Genus Cyornis Blyth". Novitates Zoologicae. 34: 231–261.