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Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis)
Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis)
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Near Fraser's Hill, Malaysia. The Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher, Culicicapa ceylonensis, is a small passerine bird. Formerly placed in the "Old World flycatcher" family Muscicapidae, it is now considered part of the Stenostiridae. These are "warblers" closely related to titmice and chickadees, Paridae (Beresford et al. 2005, Barker et al. 2004). Stenostiridae is a family of small passerine birds proposed as a result of recent discoveries in molecular systematics (Beresford et al. 2005). They are commonly referred to as stenostirid warblers. This new clade is named after the Fairy Warbler, a distinct species placed formerly in the Old World flycatchers. This is united with the "sylvioid flycatchers": the genus Elminia (formerly placed in the Monarchinae) and the closely allied former Old World flycatcher genus Culicicapa. (Beresford et al. 2005, Fuchs et al. 2006) Its genera and species are: Genus Stenostira – Fairy "Warbler" or Fairy "Flycatcher" Genus Elminia – includes Trochocercus African Blue Flycatcher, Elminia longicauda White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, Elminia albicauda Dusky Crested-flycatcher, Elminia nigromitrata White-bellied Crested-flycatcher, Elminia albiventris White-tailed Crested-flycatcher, Elminia albonotata Genus Culicicapa Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher, Culicicapa ceylonensis Citrine Canary-flycatcher, Culicicapa helianthea (Wikipedia) f/5.6, iso 1600, 1/320 Cheers,
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