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Muscicapidae
Muscicapidae
Translingual
Proper noun
Muscicapidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Passeriformes – the chats and Old World flycatchers.
Hypernyms
- (family): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Passeriformes - order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - parvorder; Muscicapoidea - superfamily
Hyponyms
- (family): Anthipes, Bradornis, Campicoloides, Cercomela, Cercotrichas, Chaimarrornis, Cichladusa, Cinclidium, Cochoa, Copsychus, Cossypha, Culicicapa, Cyanoptila, Cyornis, Dioptrornis, Empidornis, Enicurus, Erithacus, Eumyias, Ficedula, Fraseria, Grandala, Hodgsonius, Horizorhinus, Humblotia, Irania, Luscinia, Melaenornis, Muscicapa, Muscicapella, Myioparus, Myrmecocichla, Namibornis, Niltava, Oenanthe, Phoenicurus, Pinarornis, Pogonocichla, Rhinomyias, Rhyacornis, Saxicola, Saxicoloides, Sheppardia, Sigelus, Stiphrornis, Swynnertonia, Tarsiger, Thamnolaea, Trichixos, Xenocopsychus (genera)
Coordinate terms
- (family in Passeriformes): Tyrannidae (New World flycatchers)
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276