Muscicapida

Muscicapida is a clade of birds in the order Passeriformes. Oliveros, C.H. et al. (2019) suggested a gondwanan migration of this lineage from Australia to Eurasia.^[1]

Muscicapida
European robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Suborder:	Passeri
Parvorder:	Muscicapida

Systematics

The parvorder contains the following 19 families:^[1][2]

• Bombycilloidea
  • Dulidae: palmchat
  • Bombycillidae: waxwings
  • Ptiliogonatidae: silky flycatchers
  • Hylocitreidae: hylocitrea
  • Hypocoliidae: hypocolius
  • † Mohoidae: oos
• Muscicapoidea
  • Elachuridae: spotted elachura
  • Cinclidae: dippers
  • Muscicapidae: Old World flycatchers and chats
  • Turdidae: thrushes and allies
  • Buphagidae: oxpeckers
  • Sturnidae: starlings and rhabdornis
  • Mimidae: mockingbirds and thrashers
• Regulidae: goldcrests and kinglets
• Certhioidea
  • Tichodromidae: wallcreeper
  • Sittidae: nuthatches
  • Certhiidae: treecreepers
  • Polioptilidae: gnatcatchers
  • Troglodytidae: wrens

The cladogram of Muscicapida shown below is based on the analysis of Carl Oliveros and colleagues published in 2019:^[1]

Muscicapida	Bombycilloidea Muscicapoidea Regulidae Certhioidea