Hyliota
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Hyliota
Swainson, 1837
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Hyliota is a genus of passerine bird. The taxonomic position of the genus has been a longstanding mystery. They have been formerly regarded as Old World warblers in the Sylviidae family, or related to the batises and wattle-eyes in the family Platysteiridae, bush-shrikes in the family Malaconotidae, or even Old-World flycatchers in the family Muscicapidae. An analysis of the mitochondrial DNA of the genus and possible relatives found they have no close relatives and are basal in the clade Passerida. They are now often regarded as a family in their own right, Hyliotidae.[1]
Hyliota contains the following species:
- Southern hyliota (Hyliota australis)
- Yellow-bellied hyliota (Hyliota flavigaster)
- Usambara hyliota (Hyliota usambara)
- Violet-backed hyliota (Hyliota violacea)
References
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