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Muscicapoidea is a
superfamily belonging to the
infraorder P****erides
containing the Old
World flycatchers, thrushes,
starlings and
their allies. The...
- Meliphagoidea, as well as
minor lineages, and the
superfamilies Sylvioidea,
Muscicapoidea, and P****eroidea but this
arrangement has been
found to be oversimplified...
-
Samuel Rafinesque in 1815. The
starlings belong to the
superfamily Muscicapoidea,
together with thrushes,
flycatchers and chats, as well as dippers,...
-
analysis has
shown that the
family ****idae is a
member of the
superfamily Muscicapoidea and is
sister to the
family Muscicapidae. The two
families diverged...
-
genera from the
mimid family (Mimidae) of the p****eridan
superfamily Muscicapoidea.
Among the Mimidae, they
represent independent basal lineages probably...
- "ox" and -phagos "eating".
According to the more
recent studies of
Muscicapoidea phylogeny, the ox****s are an
ancient line
related to
Mimidae (mockingbirds...
-
starlings and
possibly Philippine creepers.
Placement of
latter in
Muscicapoidea seems robust, but
inclusion in
Sturnidae requires confirmation; possibly...
- "****essing the p****erine "Tapestry":
phylogenetic relationships of the
Muscicapoidea inferred from
nuclear DNA sequences".
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution...
- Domain:
Eukaryota Kingdom:
Animalia Phylum:
Chordata class: Aves Order: P****eriformes Superfamily:
Muscicapoidea Family:
Mimidae Genera Melanotis Mimus...
- and are
basal to the
clade containing the Sylvioidea, P****eroidea and
Muscicapoidea but
outside the core Corvoidea. This
generic name
comes from a combination...
