Eumyias is a genus of birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
Taxonomy The genus Eumyias was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis to accommodate a single species, Muscicapa indigo, the indigo flycatcher, that had been described by Thomas Horsfield in 1821. For the publication date of volume 1 see: The genus name Eumyias combines the Ancient Greek ευ/eu meaning "fine" or "beauty" with the Modern Latin myias meaning "flycatcher".
The Buru jungle flycatcher was previously placed in the genus Rhinomyias but was moved to Eumyias when a 2010 molecular phylogenetic study found that Rhinomyias was polyphyletic.
The genus contains the following 11 species:
Image Common name Scientific name Distribution Nilgiri flycatcher Eumyias albicaudatus Western Ghats Indigo flycatcher Eumyias indigo montane Sumatra, Java and Borneo Verditer flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus Indomalaya Buru jungle flycatcher Eumyias additus Buru Turquoise flycatcher Eumyias panayensis Sulawesi, Moluccas and Philippines Matinan blue flycatcher Eumyias sanfordi north Sulawesi Blue-fronted blue flycatcher Eumyias hoevelli montane Sulawesi Timor blue flycatcher Eumyias hyacinthinus Timor - Flores jungle flycatcher Eumyias oscillans Flores and Sumbawa Sumba jungle flycatcher Eumyias stresemanni Sumba Dull-blue flycatcher Eumyias sordidus central Sri Lanka
References
Further reading Rasmussen PC & JC Anderton 2005 Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide. Smithsonian Institution & Lynx Edicions. 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. .