Cyornis | |
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Blue-throated blue flycatcher (C. rubeculoides) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: |
Cyornis Blyth, 1843 |
Synonyms | |
Stoparola |
Stoparola
Cyornis is a genus of birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae most of which are native to south-east Asia.
It contains the following species:
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. There are also "jungle flycatchers" in the genus Vauriella.