Eumyias

Eumyias
Verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Eumyias
Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Muscicapa indigo
Horsfield, 1829

Eumyias is a genus of birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

It contains the following 11 species:

ImageCommon NameScientific NameDistribution
Nilgiri flycatcherEumyias albicaudatusWestern Ghats
Indigo flycatcherEumyias indigomontane Sumatra, Java and Borneo
Verditer flycatcherEumyias thalassinusIndomalaya
Buru jungle flycatcherEumyias additusBuru
Turquoise flycatcherEumyias panayensisSulawesi, Moluccas and Philippines
-Matinan blue flycatcherEumyias sanfordinorth Sulawesi
-Blue-fronted blue flycatcherEumyias hoevellimontane Sulawesi
-Timor blue flycatcherEumyias hyacinthinusTimor
-Flores jungle flycatcherEumyias oscillansFlores and Sumbawa
-Sumba jungle flycatcherEumyias stresemanniSumba
Dull-blue flycatcherEumyias sordiduscentral Sri Lanka

The Buru jungle flycatcher was previously placed in the genus Rhinomyias but was moved to Eumyias when a 2010 molecular phylogenetic study found that Rhinomyias was polyphyletic.

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