Biology:Muscicapida

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Short description: Clade of birds

Muscicapida
European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) 2.jpg
European robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Passeri
Parvorder: Muscicapida

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.[1]

Systematics

The parvorder contains the following 19 families:[1][2]

The cladogram of Muscicapida shown below is based on the analysis of Carl Oliveros and colleagues published in 2019:[1]

Muscicapida

Bombycilloidea

Muscicapoidea

Regulidae

Certhioidea

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Oliveros, C.H. (2019). "Earth history and the passerine superradiation". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States 116 (16): 7916–7925. doi:10.1073/pnas.1813206116. PMID 30936315. Bibcode2019PNAS..116.7916O. 
  2. 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

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