Myiagra

Belongs within: Monarchidae.

Myiagra is a genus of flycatchers found in Australasia, members of which have blue or blue-black, crested crowns, often with blue upperparts and pale underparts. Males of the shining flycatcher M. alecto and velvet flycatcher M. hebetior are uniformly blue-black.

<==Myiagra Vigors & Horsfield 1827CC10 [incl. Seisura Vigors & Horsfield 1827B94, Submyiagra Mathews 1913CC10; Seisuridae]
    |--+--M. caledonicaBKB15 [incl. M. perspicillataS13]
    |  |    |--M. c. caledonicaS13
    |  |    |--M. c. mareensis Sarasin 1913S13
    |  |    |--M. c. uveaensis Sarasin 1913S13
    |  |    `--M. c. viridinitens [incl. M. intermedia, M. luguieri]S13
    |  `--M. cyanoleuca (Vieillot 1818)BKB15, CC10 [=Platyrhynchos cyanoleucusCC10, Submyiagra cyanoleucaCC10]
    `--+--+--M. alectoBKB15
       |  |    |--M. a. alectoJ06
       |  |    |--M. a. chalybeocephalaJ06
       |  |    |--M. a. longirostrisJ06
       |  |    |--M. a. melvillensis [incl. M. a. nitida]M03
       |  |    `--M. a. wardelliM03
       |  `--M. hebetiorBKB15
       `--+--M. inquieta (Latham 1801)BKB15, WS48 (see below for synonymy)
          `--+--M. ferrocyaneaBKB15
             `--M. rubecula (Latham 1801)BKB15, WS48 (see below for synonymy)
                  |--M. r. rubecula [incl. M. r. okryi, M. r. yorki]M03
                  `--M. r. concinnaM03

Myiagra incertae sedis:
  M. albiventrisJT12
  M. atraJT12
  M. azureocapillaJT12
  M. castaneigularisAP21
  M. cervinicaudaJT12
  M. erythropsJT12
  M. freycinetiFR98
  M. galeataJT12
  M. melanuraS13
  M. nana (Gould 1870)AP21, WS48 [=Seisura nanaWS48, M. inquieta nanaM03; incl. S. inquieta rogersi Mathews 1921WS48]
  M. oceanicaJT12
  M. plumbeaR87
  M. plutoJT12
  M. ruficollis (Vieillot 1818)WS48 (see below for synonymy)
  M. vanikorensisJT12 [=Platyrhynchos vanikorensisCC10, *Submyiagra vanikorensisCC10]

Myiagra inquieta (Latham 1801)^{BKB15, WS48} [=Turdus inquietus^WS48, Seisura inquieta^WS48; incl. Seisura inqueita westralensis Mathews 1912^WS48]

Myiagra rubecula (Latham 1801)^{BKB15, WS48} [=Todus rubecula^WS48; incl. M. rubecula broomei Mathews 1912^WS48, *M. rubeculoides^CC10]

Myiagra ruficollis (Vieillot 1818)^WS48 [=Platyrhynchos ruficollis^WS48; incl. M. latirostris tormenti Mathews 1912^WS48, M. alecto tormenti^M03]

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[AP21] Arlott, N., & B. van Perlo. 2021. Collins Birds of the World. William Collins.

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[CC10] Checklist Committee (OSNZ). 2010. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica 4^th ed. Ornithological Society of New Zealand and Te Papa Press: Wellington.

[FR98] Fritts, T. H., & G. H. Rodda. 1998. The role of introduced species in the degradation of island ecosystems: a case history of Guam. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 29: 113–140.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[J06] Johnstone, R. E. 2006. The birds of Gag Island, Western Papuan islands, Indonesia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23 (2): 115–132.

[M03] Morcombe, M. 2003. Field Guide to Australian Birds 2^nd ed. Steve Parish Publishing.

[R87] Ramsay, E. P. 1887. List of Western Australian birds collected by Mr. Cairn, and Mr. W. H. Boyer-Bower, at Derby and its vicinity, with remarks on the species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (4): 1085–1100.

[S13] Sarasin, F. 1913. Die Vögel Neu-Caledoniens und der Loyalty-Inseln. In: Sarasin, F., & J. Roux (eds) Nova Caledonia: Forschungen in Neu-Caledonian und auf den Loyalty-Inseln. A. Zoologie vol. 1 pt 1 pp. 1–78, pls 1–3. C. W. Kreidels Verlag: Wiesbaden.

[WS48] Whittell, H. M., & D. L. Serventy. 1948. A systematic list of the birds of Western Australia. Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia, Special Publication 1: 1–126.