A revised classification of the Xolmiini (Aves: Tyrannidae: Fluvicolinae), including a new genus for Muscisaxicola fluviatilis

R. Terry Chesser, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
R. Terry Chesser, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Michael G. Harvey, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Robb T. Brumfield, Louisiana State University
Elizabeth P. Derryberry, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Abstract

© 2020 Biological Society of Washington. All rights reserved. Recent studies using molecular phylogenetics have provided new insight into the composition of and relationships among species in the avian tribe Xolmiini. Key findings include the paraphyly of Xolmis, including the exclusion of X. dominicanus from the Xolmiini, and the apparent paraphyly of Muscisaxicola. We provide a revised classification of the Xolmiini, including a new genus for Muscisaxicola fluviatilis, based on the recent phylogenetic results.