Muscicapidae

Translingual

Muscicapa muttui

Etymology

From Muscicapa (“genus name”) +‎ -idae.

Proper noun

Muscicapidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Passeriformes – chats and Old World flycatchers.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - infraorder; Muscicapoidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

• (family): Anthipes, Bradornis, Campicoloides, Cercomela, Cercotrichas, Chaimarrornis, Cichladusa, Cinclidium, Cochoa, Copsychus, Cossypha, Culicicapa, Cyanoptila, Cyornis, Dioptrornis, Empidornis, Enicurus, Erithacus, Eumyias, Ficedula, Fraseria, Grandala, Hodgsonius, Horizorhinus, Humblotia, Irania, Luscinia, Melaenornis, Muscicapa, Muscicapella, Myioparus, Myrmecocichla, Namibornis, Niltava, Oenanthe, Phoenicurus, Pinarornis, Pogonocichla, Rhinomyias, Rhyacornis, Saxicola, Saxicoloides, Sheppardia, Sigelus, Stiphrornis, Swynnertonia, Tarsiger, Thamnolaea, Trichixos, Xenocopsychus (genera)

Coordinate terms

• (family in Passeriformes): Tyrannidae (New World flycatchers)

References

• Muscicapidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Muscicapidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN