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Muscicapa  Brisson, 1760
Taxonomic Serial No.: 178664

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Old World Flycatchers [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2013   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyMuscicapidae Fleming, 1822 – Old World Flycatchers, Chats  
                               GenusMuscicapa Brisson, 1760 – Old World Flycatchers  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa adusta (F. Boie, 1828) – African Dusky Flycatcher 
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa aquatica Heuglin, 1864 – Swamp Flycatcher 
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa boehmi (Reichenow, 1884) – Böhm's Flycatcher 
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa caerulescens (Hartlaub, 1865) – Ashy Flycatcher 
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa cassini Heine, 1860 – Cassin's Flycatcher 
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa comitata (Cassin, 1857) – Dusky-blue Flycatcher 
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa epulata (Cassin, 1855) – Little Grey Flycatcher 
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa ferruginea (Hodgson, 1845) – Ferruginous Flycatcher 
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa gambagae (Alexander, 1901) – Gambaga Flycatcher 
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa griseisticta (Swinhoe, 1861) – Gray-spotted Flycatcher, Grey-streaked Flycatcher, Gray-streaked Flycatcher 
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa infuscata (Cassin, 1855) – Sooty Flycatcher 
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa itombwensis Prigogine, 1957 – Itombwe Flycatcher 
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa latirostris Raffles, 1822  
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa lendu (Chapin, 1932) – Chapin's Flycatcher 
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa muttui (E. L. Layard, 1854) – Brown-breasted Flycatcher 
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa olivascens (Cassin, 1859) – Olivaceous Flycatcher 
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa randi Amadon & duPont, 1970 – Ashy-breasted Flycatcher 
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa ruficauda Swainson, 1838 – Rusty-tailed Flycatcher 
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa segregata (Siebers, 1928) – Sumba Brown Flycatcher 
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa sethsmithi (Someren, 1922) – Yellow-footed Flycatcher 
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa sibirica Gmelin, 1789 – Siberian Flycatcher, Dark-sided Flycatcher 
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa striata (Pallas, 1764) – Spotted Flycatcher 
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa tessmanni (Reichenow, 1907) – Tessmann's Flycatcher 
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa ussheri (Sharpe, 1871) – Ussher's Flycatcher 
                                  SpeciesMuscicapa williamsoni Deignan, 1957  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Muscicapa    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks   
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Muscicapa    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Muscicapa   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2012.01.01, website (version 01-Jan-12)  
  Acquired: 2012   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Muscicapa   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes   
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Muscicapa   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Muscicapa   
       

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