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Eumyias

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Eumyias

Higher classification
  
Old World flycatcher

Order
  
Passerine

Family
  
Muscicapidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Verditer flycatcher, Indigo flycatcher, Nilgiri flycatcher, Dull‑blue flycatcher, Turquoise flycatcher

Eumyias is a genus of birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

It contains the following species:

  • Dull-blue flycatcher (Eumyias sordidus)
  • Verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus)
  • Turquoise flycatcher (Eumyias panayensis)
  • Nilgiri flycatcher (Eumyias albicaudatus)
  • Indigo flycatcher (Eumyias indigo)
  • Streak-breasted jungle flycatcher (Eumyias additus)
  • The streak-breasted 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.

    Verditer flycatcher eumyias thalassinus


    References

    Eumyias Wikipedia