Stenostiridae, or the fairy flycatchers, are a family of small passerine birds proposed as a result of recent discoveries in molecular systematics. They are also referred to as stenostirid warblers.
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Stenostiridae, or the fairy flycatchers, are a family of small passerine birds proposed as a result of recent discoveries in molecular systematics. They are also referred to as stenostirid warblers.
==Taxonomy and systematics== This new clade is named after the fairy flycatcher, a distinct species placed formerly in the Old World flycatchers. This is united with the "sylvioid flycatchers": the genus Elminia (formerly placed in the Monarchinae) and the closely allied former Old World flycatcher genus Culicicapa, as well as one species formerly believed to be an aberrant fantail. Genus Stenostira – fairy "warbler" or fairy "flycatcher" Fairy flycatcher, Stenostira scita Genus Elminia (includes Trochocercus) African blue flycatcher, Elminia longicauda White-tailed blue flycatcher, Elminia albicauda Dusky crested flycatcher, Elminia nigromitrata White-bellied crested flycatcher, Elminia albiventris White-tailed crested flycatcher, Elminia albonotata Genus Chelidorhynx (formerly in Rhipidura) Yellow-bellied fantail, Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus Genus Culicicapa Grey-headed canary-flycatcher, Culicicapa ceylonensis Citrine canary-flycatcher, Culicicapa helianthea
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