- Silky-flycatcher
Taxobox
name = Silky-flycatchers
image_caption = "Phainopepla nitens"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
subordo =Passeri
familia = Ptilogonatidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
*"Phainoptila"
*"Ptilogonys"
*"Phainopepla"The silky-flycatchers are a small family of
passerine bird s which occur mainly inCentral America , although the range of onespecies , thePhainopepla , extends into the southwestern USA.They are related to
waxwing s, and like that group have a soft silky plumage, usually grey or pale yellow in colour. All species, with the exception of theBlack-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher , have small crests.These birds eat fruit or insects, and the Phainopepla is particularly dependent on
Desert Mistletoe , "Phoradendron californicum".They are birds of various types of woodland (semi-desert with trees for the Phainopepla), and they nest in trees.
This family was formerly lumped with waxwings and
Hypocolius in the familyBombycillidae , and they are listed in that family by the Sibley-Monroe checklist.Species of Ptilogonatidae
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Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher , "Phainoptila melanoxantha"
*Gray Silky-flycatcher , "Ptilogonys cinereus"
*Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher , "Ptilogonys caudatus"
*Phainopepla "Phainopepla nitens"
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