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Muscicapidae (flycatcher)
Taxonomy
Muscicapidae was named by Fleming (1822). It is extant.
It was assigned to Muscicapoidea by Zuccon et al. (2006); and to Passeriformes by Olson and James (1982), Chandler (1990), Parmalee (1992) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Muscicapoidea by Zuccon et al. (2006); and to Passeriformes by Olson and James (1982), Chandler (1990), Parmalee (1992) and Clements et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1822 | Muscicapidae Fleming |
| 1982 | Muscicapidae Olson and James p. 38 |
| 1990 | Muscicapidae Chandler p. 155 |
| 1992 | Muscicapidae Parmalee p. 316 |
| 2006 | Muscicapidae Zuccon et al. |
| 2017 | Muscicapidae Clements et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Muscicapidae Fleming 1822 [flycatcher]
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G. Luscinia Forster 1817
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Luscinia megarhynchos Brehm 1831 [common nightingale]
Luscinia svecica Linnaeus 1758
G. Oenanthe Vieillot 1816 [wheatear]
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Oenanthe hispanica Linnaeus 1758 [black-eared wheatear]
Oenanthe oenanthe Linnaeus 1758 [northern wheatear]
G. Phoenicurus Forster 1817
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Phoenicurus ochruros Gmelin 1774 [black redstart]
Phoenicurus phoenicurus Linnaeus 1758 [common redstart]
G. Saxicola Bechstein 1802
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Saxicola rubetra Linnaeus 1758 [whinchat]
Saxicola torquatus Linnaeus 1766 [African stonechat]
Invalid names: Muscicapinae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available