Muscicapida is a clade of birds in the order Passeriformes. Oliveros, C.H. et al. (2019) suggested a gondwanan migration of this lineage from Australia to Eurasia.
Systematics The parvorder contains the following 19 families:H Kuhl, C Frankl-Vilches, A Bakker, G Mayr, G Nikolaus, S T Boerno, S Klages, B Timmermann, M Gahr (2020) An unbiased molecular approach using 3’UTRs resolves the avian family-level tree of life. Molecular Biology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaa191
Bombycilloidea Dulidae: palmchat Bombycillidae: waxwings Ptiliogonatidae: silky flycatchers Hylocitreidae: hylocitrea Hypocoliidae: hypocolius † Mohoidae: oos Muscicapoidea Elachuridae: spotted elachura Cinclidae: dippers Muscicapidae: Old World flycatchers and chats Turdidae: thrushes and allies Buphagidae: oxpeckers Sturnidae: starlings and rhabdornis Mimidae: mockingbirds and thrashers Regulidae: goldcrests and kinglets Certhioidea Tichodromidae: wallcreeper Sittidae: nuthatches Certhiidae: treecreepers Polioptilidae: gnatcatchers Troglodytidae: wrens
The cladogram of Muscicapida shown below is based on the analysis of Carl Oliveros and colleagues published in 2019:
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