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Fluvicolinae

John Harshman
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taxon links [up-->]Silvicultrix [Ochthoeca] [up-->]Colorhamphus parvirostris [up-->]Contopini [up-->]Muscipipra vetula [up-->]Fluvicolini [up-->]Xolmiini Phylogenetic position of group is uncertain[down<--]Tyrannidae Interpreting the tree
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Relationships after Tello et al. (2009), Ohlson et al. (2008).
Containing group: Tyrannidae

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

Tello et al. (2009) erected a new tribe within Fluvicolinae, Xolmini. Muscipipra has been unsampled by any recent study, but characters of the nasal septum and syrinx (Lanyon 1986) suggest that it belongs somewhere within Fluvicolinae.

Ochthoeca as traditionally composed is polyphyletic (Tello et al. 2009). Most of its species are members of Fluvicolini, where they may or may not form a clade. Four other species are outside Fluvicolini, and for them the name Silvicultrix is available.

References

Lanyon, W. E. 1986. A phylogeny of the thirty-three genera in the Empidonax assamblage of tyrant flycatchers. Am. Mus. Novit. 2846:1-64.

Ohlson, J., J. Fjeldså, and P. G. P. Ericson. 2008. Tyrant flycatchers coming out in the open: Phylogeny and ecological radiation of Tyrannidae (Aves, Passeriformes). Zoologica Scripta 37:315-335.

Tello, J. G., R. G. Moyle, D. J. Marchese, and J. Cracraft. 2009. Phylogeny and phylogenetic classification of the tyrant flycatchers, cotinga, manakins, and their allies (Aves: Tyrannides). Cladistics 25:1-39.

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Scientific Name Pyrocephalus rubinus
Location Cochise County, Arizona
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Vermillion flycatcher: Pyrocephalus rubinus (Boddaert) 1783
Source Collection Flickr
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Copyright © 2006 Dmitry Mozzherin
Scientific Name Xolmis pyrope
Location Lliu-Lliu. Limache. Chile
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Diucón (Xolmis pyrope)
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2008 Pablo Caceres Contreras
Scientific Name Myiophobus fasciatus fasciatus
Location Izcaragua Country Club, Autopista Caracas-Guarenas, centro norte de Venezuela
Comments Lugar: Izcaragua Country Club, Autopista Caracas-Guarenas, centro norte de Venezuela. Este caballerito fue para mí, junto con el de la foto anterior, el hallazgo del día. Lo encontré al final del camino de tierra, con tan buena suerte que posó durante un breve tiempo suficiente para una decena de buenas fotos. Una foto visto desde atrás está aquí.
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source 26 - Atrapamoscas pechirrayado [Bran-colored Flycatcher] (Myiophobus fasciatus fasciatus)
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Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2008 barloventomagico
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