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Canary-flycatcher 
Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Stenostiridae Genus: Culicicapa
Swinhoe, 1871Species see text
The canary-flycatchers, Culicicapa, are a genus of bird in the flycatcher family Stenostiridae (Beresford et al. 2005). The genus is restricted to South East Asia. It contains the following species:
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher, Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Citrine Canary-flycatcher, Culicicapa helianthea
References
- Beresford, P.; Barker, F.K.; Ryan, P.G. & Crowe, T.M. (2005): African endemics span the tree of songbirds (Passeri): molecular systematics of several evolutionary 'enigmas'. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 272(1565): 849–858. doi:10.1098/rspb.2004.2997 PMID 15888418 PDF fulltext Electronic appendix
- 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 849655306X.
Categories:- Culicicapa
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