Ceblepyris

Ceblepyris
Madagascar cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris cinereus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Ceblepyris
Cuvier, 1816
Type species
Muscicapa cana[1]
Gmelin, 1788

Ceblepyris is a genus of African passerine birds in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae.

These species were formerly placed in the genus Coracina. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that Coracina, as then defined, was non-monophyletic. In the resulting reorganization to create monophyletic genera these species were moved to the resurrected genus Ceblepyris.[2]

The genus contains the following five species:[3]

References

  1. ^ "Campephagidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Jønsson, K.A.; Bowie, R.C.K.; Nylander, J.A.A.; Christidis, L.; Norman, J.A.; Fjeldså, J. (2010). "Biogeographical history of cuckoo-shrikes (Aves: Passeriformes): transoceanic colonization of Africa from Australo-Papua". Journal of Biogeography. 37 (9): 1767–1781. Bibcode:2010JBiog..37.1767J. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02328.x. S2CID 52105369.
  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Bristlehead, butcherbirds, woodswallows, ioras, cuckooshrikes". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 13 July 2018.