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(Redirected from Erythrocercidae) Genus of birds

Erythrocercus

Chestnut-capped flycatcher E. mccallii nigeriae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Erythrocercidae Fregin, Haase, Olsson & Alström, 2012
Genus:	Erythrocercus Hartlaub, 1857
Type species
Pycnophrys mccallii Cassin, 1855

Erythrocercus is a genus of birds containing three flycatchers that are found in Africa.

The genus is placed in its own family Erythrocercidae that was introduced by Silke Fregin and collaborators in 2012.

Aegithaloidea

Phylloscopidae – leaf warblers (80 species)

Hyliidae – hylias (2 species)

Aegithalidae – bushtits (13 species)

Erythrocercidae – flycatchers (3 species)

	Scotocercidae – streaked scrub warbler

	Cettiidae – bush warblers and allies (32 species)

Cladogram showing the family relationships based on a study by Carl Oliveros and colleagues published in 2019. The number of species is taken from the bird list maintained by Frank Gill, Pamela Rasmussen and David Donsker on behalf of the International Ornithological Committee (IOC).

Species

The genus contains the following species:

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Little yellow flycatcher	Erythrocercus holochlorus	Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.
	Livingstone's flycatcher	Erythrocercus livingstonei	Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
	Chestnut-capped flycatcher	Erythrocercus mccallii	Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda.

References

"Scotocercidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
Fregin, Silke; Haase, Martin; Olsson, Urban; Alström, Per (2012). "New insights into family relationships within the avian superfamily Sylvioidea (Passeriformes) based on seven molecular markers". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12 (Article 157): 1–12. Bibcode:2012BMCEE..12..157F. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-157. PMC 3462691. PMID 22920688.
Oliveros, C.H.; et al. (2019). "Earth history and the passerine superradiation". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116 (16): 7916–7925. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.7916O. doi:10.1073/pnas.1813206116. PMC 6475423. PMID 30936315.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "IOC World Bird List Version 11.2". International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

"Erythrocercus Hartlaub, 1857". ITIS. Retrieved 2010-08-27.

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Genera of passerides and their extinct allies

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Suborder: Passeri
Infraorder: Passerida

Chaetopidae?	Chaetops
Chloropseidae?	Chloropsis
Hyliotidae?	Hyliota
Irenidae	Irena
Paridae	Baeolophus Cyanistes Cephalopyrus Lophophanes Machlolophus Melaniparus Melanochlora Pardaliparus Parus Periparus Poecile Pseudopodoces Sittiparus Sylviparus
Picathartidae?	Picathartes
Promeropidae?	Promerops
Remizidae	Anthoscopus Auriparus Remiz
Stenostiridae	Chelidorhynx Culicicapa Elminia Stenostira
Muscicapida	See below ↓
Sylvioidea	See below ↓
Passeroidea	See Passeroidea

Corthylio
Regulus

Bombycillidae	Bombycilla
Dulidae	Dulus
Hylocitreidae	Hylocitrea
Hypocoliidae	Hypocolius
†Mohoidae	Chaetoptila Moho
Ptiliogonatidae	Phainopepla Phainoptila Ptiliogonys

incertae sedis	†Certhiops †Kischinskinia
Certhiidae	Certhia Salpornis
Polioptilidae	Microbates Polioptila Ramphocaenus
Sittidae	Sitta
Tichodromidae	Tichodroma
Troglodytidae	Campylorhynchus Cantorchilus Catherpes Cinnycerthia Cistothorus Cyphorhinus Ferminia Henicorhina Hylorchilus Microcerculus Odontorchilus Pheugopedius Salpinctes Thryomanes Thryophilus Thryorchilus Thryothorus Troglodytes Uropsila

Buphagus

Cinclus

Elachura

Copsychini	Alethe Cercotrichas Copsychus
Muscicapini	Agricola Bradornis Empidornis Fraseria Humblotia Melaenornis Muscicapa Namibornis Sigelus

†Meridiocichla Pinarornis
Myadestinae	Grandala Myadestes Neocossyphus Sialia Stizorhina
Turdinae	Catharus Chlamydochaera Cichlopsis Cochoa Entomodestes Geokichla Hylocichla Ridgwayia Ixoreus Turdus Zoothera

Alaudinae	Alauda Alaudala Calandrella Chersophilus Eremalauda Eremophila Galerida Lullula Melanocorypha Spizocorys
Certhilaudinae	Alaemon Ammomanes Ammomanopsis Certhilauda Chersomanes Eremopterix Pinarocorys Ramphocoris
Mirafrinae	Calendulauda Heteromirafra Mirafra

Alcippe

Donacobius

Erythrocercidae

Erythrocercus

Hylia
Pholidornis

Nicator

Panurus

Paradoxornithidae

Phylloscopus

Pnoepyga

Scotocerca

Curruca
Sylvia

Taxon identifiers
Erythrocercus	Wikidata: Q198010 Wikispecies: Erythrocercus GBIF: 2486660 iNaturalist: 8195 IRMNG: 1378473 ITIS: 557666 NCBI: 107207 Open Tree of Life: 72473

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