Phoenicurus

Belongs within: Muscicapidae.

Phoenicurus, redstarts, is a genus of chats found in Africa and Eurasia that are dimorphic in plumage but possess a red tail in both sexes.

<==Phoenicurus Forster 1817M02 [incl. Ruticilla Brehm 1831B94; Phoenicurinae, Ruticillinae]
    |  i. s.: P. alaschanicusJT12
    |--+--P. erythronotusBKB15
    |  `--+--P. frontalisBKB15
    |     `--+--P. caeruleocephalaBKB15 [=Adelura caeruleocephalaG73]
    |        `--P. schisticepsBKB15
    `--+--+--P. leucocephalusBKB15 [=Chaimarrornis leucocephalusJT12]
       |  `--+--P. bicolorBKB15 [=Rhyacornis bicolorJT12]
       |     `--P. fuliginosusBKB15 [=Rhyacornis fuliginosaJT12]
       `--+--P. moussieriBKB15
          `--+--+--P. erythrogastrusBKB15
             |  `--P. hodgsoniBKB15
             `--+--P. auroreusBKB15
                `--+--P. ochruros (Gmelin 1774)BKB15, M02 [=Motacilla ochrurosM02]
                   |    |--P. o. ochrurosCM07
                   |    `--P. o. gibraltariensisCM07
                   `--P. phoenicurusBKB15 [=Ruticilla phoenicurusC01]

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[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.

[CM07] Cokendolpher, J. C., & P. G. Mitov. 2007. Natural enemies. In: Pinto-da-Rocha, R., G. Machado & G. Giribet (eds) Harvestmen: The Biology of Opiliones pp. 339–373. Harvard University Press: Cambridge (Massachusetts).

[C01] Csiki, E. 1901. Utivázlat [Reiseskizze]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. xii–xli. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[G73] Gauntlett, F. M. 1973. Notes on some Kashmir birds. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 69 (3): 591–615.

[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.

[M02] Mlíkovský, J. 2002. Cenozoic Birds of the World. Part 1: Europe. Ninox Press: Praha.