Muscicapidae
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Muscicapa muttui
Translingual
Etymology
From Muscicapa (“genus name”) + -idae.
Proper noun
Muscicapidae
- 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
