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Cyornis

Cyornis
Blue throated flycatcher thattekadu.jpg
Blue-throated blue flycatcher (C. rubeculoides)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Cyornis
Blyth, 1843
Synonyms
  • Rhinomyias Sharpe, 1879

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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.



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