Canary-flycatcher

Canary-flycatcher
	Grey-headed canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Stenostiridae
Genus:	Culicicapa; R. Swinhoe, 1871
Species
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The canary-flycatchers (Culicicapa) are a genus of birds in the family Stenostiridae. The genus was erected by Robert Swinhoe in 1871.[1] It is restricted to Southeast Asia. Canary-flycatchers have a fine-tipped bill which becomes broad and flat at the base. The sexes are indistinguishable in plumage. Young birds are neither spotted nor streaked.[2][3]

There are two species:

Grey-headed canary-flycatcher, Culicicapa ceylonensis
Citrine canary-flycatcher, Culicicapa helianthea

References

Beresford, P.; Barker, F.K.; Ryan, P.G.; Crowe, T.M. (2005). "African endemics span the tree of songbirds (Passeri): molecular systematics of several evolutionary 'enigmas'" (PDF). Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 272 (1565): 849–858. doi:10.1098/rspb.2004.2997. PMC 1599865. PMID 15888418.
Vaurie, Charles (1953). "A generic revision of flycatchers of the tribe Muscicapini". Bulletin of the AMNH. 100: 531. hdl:2246/1030.
Johansson, Ulf S.; Fjeldsa, J; Bowie, RCK (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships within Passerida (Aves: Passeriformes): A review and a new molecular phylogeny based on three nuclear intron markers" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 48 (3): 858–876. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.05.029. PMID 18619860.

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[1] Beresford, P.; Barker, F.K.; Ryan, P.G.; Crowe, T.M. (2005). "African endemics span the tree of songbirds (Passeri): molecular systematics of several evolutionary 'enigmas'" (PDF). Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 272 (1565): 849–858. doi:10.1098/rspb.2004.2997. PMC 1599865. PMID 15888418.

[2] Vaurie, Charles (1953). "A generic revision of flycatchers of the tribe Muscicapini". Bulletin of the AMNH. 100: 531. hdl:2246/1030.

[3] Johansson, Ulf S.; Fjeldsa, J; Bowie, RCK (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships within Passerida (Aves: Passeriformes): A review and a new molecular phylogeny based on three nuclear intron markers" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 48 (3): 858–876. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.05.029. PMID 18619860.