Ficedula

Ficedula
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Female red-breasted flycatcher Ficedula parva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Ficedula Brisson, 1760
Species
30+, see text.

The Ficedula flycatchers are a genus of Old World flycatchers. The genus is the largest in the family, containing around thirty species. They have sometimes been included in the genus Muscicapa. The genus is found in Europe, Asia and Africa. Several species are highly migratory, whereas other species are sedentary.

The flycatchers in the genus Ficedula are typically small with slender bodies and rounded heads. In many cases they are sexually dimorphic in their plumage, with the males being brightly or strikingly coloured and the females being duller or drabber.

Species

Mugimaki flycatcher

• European pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca
• Atlas pied flycatcher, Ficedula speculigera
• Collared flycatcher, Ficedula albicollis
• Semicollared flycatcher, Ficedula semitorquata
• Yellow-rumped flycatcher or Korean flycatcher, Ficedula zanthopygia
• Narcissus flycatcher, Ficedula narcissina
• Green-backed flycatcher, Ficedula elsae
• Mugimaki flycatcher, Ficedula mugimaki
• Slaty-backed flycatcher, Ficedula hodgsonii
• Rufous-gorgeted flycatcher, Ficedula strophiata
• Red-breasted flycatcher, Ficedula parva
• Taiga flycatcher, Ficedula albicilla
• Kashmir flycatcher, Ficedula subrubra
• Snowy-browed flycatcher, Ficedula hyperythra
• Rufous-chested flycatcher, Ficedula dumetoria
• Tanimbar flycatcher, Ficedula riedeli
• Rufous-throated flycatcher, Ficedula rufigula
• Cinnamon-chested flycatcher, Ficedula buruensis
• Little slaty flycatcher, Ficedula basilanica
• Damar flycatcher, Ficedula henrici
• Sumba flycatcher, Ficedula harterti
• Palawan flycatcher, Ficedula platenae
• Cryptic flycatcher, Ficedula crypta
• Furtive flycatcher, Ficedula disposita
• Lompobattang flycatcher, Ficedula bonthaina
• Little pied flycatcher, Ficedula westermanni
• Ultramarine flycatcher, Ficedula superciliaris
• Slaty-blue flycatcher, Ficedula tricolor
• Black-and-orange flycatcher, Ficedula nigrorufa
• Sapphire flycatcher, Ficedula sapphira
• Black-banded flycatcher, Ficedula timorensis

References

• Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 84-96553-06-X.

• Lei, X., Lian, Z.-M., Lei F.-M., Yin Z.-H., Zhao H.-F. 2007. Phylogeny of some Muscicapinae birds based on cyt b mitochondrial gene sequences. Acta Zoologica Sinica, 53(1):95 - 105. PDF fulltext

• Outlaw, D.C., Voelker, G. 2006. Systematics of Ficedula flycatchers (Muscicapidae): A molecular reassessment of a taxonomic enigma. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Vol. 41:1, pp 118–126. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.004 PDF fulltext