Muscicapida

Muscicapida is a clade of birds in the order Passeriformes. Oliveros, C.H. et al. (2019) suggested a gondwanan migration of this lineage from Australia to Eurasia.

Systematics

The parvorder contains the following 19 families:

• Bombycilloidea
• Dulidae: palmchat
• Bombycillidae: waxwings
• Ptiliogonatidae: silky flycatchers
• Hylocitreidae: hylocitrea
• Hypocoliidae: hypocolius
• † Mohoidae: oos
• Muscicapoidea
• Elachuridae: spotted elachura
• Cinclidae: dippers
• Muscicapidae: Old World flycatchers and chats
• Turdidae: thrushes and allies
• Buphagidae: oxpeckers
• Sturnidae: starlings and rhabdornis
• Mimidae: mockingbirds and thrashers
• Regulidae: goldcrests and kinglets
• Certhioidea
• Tichodromidae: wallcreeper
• Sittidae: nuthatches
• Certhiidae: treecreepers
• Polioptilidae: gnatcatchers
• Troglodytidae: wrens

The cladogram of Muscicapida shown below is based on the analysis of Carl Oliveros and colleagues published in 2019:

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