Canary-flycatcher
| Canary-flycatcher | |
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| Grey-headed canary-flycatcher | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Stenostiridae |
| Genus: | Culicicapa Swinhoe, 1871 |
| Species | |
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The canary-flycatchers (Culicicapa) are a genus of bird in the family Stenostiridae.[1] The genus is restricted to Southeast Asia. Canary-flycatchers have a fine-tipped bill which becomes broad and flat at the base. The sexes are indistinguishable in plumage. Young birds are neither spotted nor streaked.[2][3]
There are two species:
- Grey-headed canary-flycatcher, Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Citrine canary-flycatcher, Culicicapa helianthea
References
- ↑ Beresford, P.; Barker, F.K.; Ryan, P.G. & Crowe, T.M. (2005). "African endemics span the tree of songbirds (Passeri): molecular systematics of several evolutionary 'enigmas'." (PDF). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 272 (1565): 849–858. doi:10.1098/rspb.2004.2997. PMC 1599865. PMID 15888418.
- ↑ Vaurie, Charles (1953). "A generic revision of flycatchers of the tribe Muscicapini". Bulletin of the AMNH 100: 531.
- ↑ Johansson, Ulf S.;Fjeldsa, J;Bowie, RCK (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships within Passerida (Aves: Passeriformes): A review and a new molecular phylogeny based on three nuclear intron markers" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48: 858–876. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.05.029. PMID 18619860.
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