Artomyias

Artomyias is a genus of small passerine birds in the large family Muscicapidae commonly known as the Old World flycatchers. They are restricted to sub-Saharan Africa.

Artomyias
Ussher's flycatcher (Artomyias ussheri)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Artomyias Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1855
Type species
Artomyias fulinosa Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1855

Taxonomy

The genus Artomyias was introduced in 1855 by the French naturalists Jules and Édouard Verreaux to accommodate a single species, Artomyias fulinosa Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1855, the sooty flycatcher. This is therefore the type species.^[1][2] The genus name combines the genus Artamus that was introduced by Louis Vieillot in 1816 for the woodswallows with the Modern Latin myias meaning "flycatcher".^[3] The two species now placed in this genus were formerly placed in the genus Bradornis. They were moved to this genus based on the genetic distances and the differences in their morphology and behaviour.^[4][5]

The genus contains two species:^[5]

• Ussher's flycatcher (Artomyias ussheri) – Upper Guinean forests
• Sooty flycatcher (Artomyias fuliginosus) – central Africa