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Genus of birds

Palm thrushes
Spotted palm thrush, (Cichladusa guttata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Subfamily: Erithacinae
Genus: Cichladusa
W. Peters, 1863
Type species
Cichladusa arquata
W. Peters, 1863
Species

See text.

The palm thrushes are medium-sized insectivorous birds in the genus Cichladusa. They were formerly in the thrush family Turdidae, but are now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher Muscicapidae.

These are tropical African species which nest in palm trees or buildings.

The genus includes the following species:

References

  1. "Muscicapidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
Genera of passerides and their extinct allies
Passerida
Chaetopidae?
Chloropseidae?
Hyliotidae?
Irenidae
Paridae
Picathartidae?
Promeropidae?
Remizidae
Stenostiridae
Muscicapida
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Sylvioidea
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Passeroidea
Muscicapida
Regulidae
Bombycilloidea
Bombycillidae
Dulidae
Hylocitreidae
Hypocoliidae
Mohoidae
Ptiliogonatidae
Certhioidea
incertae sedis
Certhiidae
Polioptilidae
Sittidae
Tichodromidae
Troglodytidae
Muscicapoidea
Buphagidae
Cinclidae
Elachuridae
Mimidae
Muscicapidae
Erithacinae
Muscicapinae
Copsychini
Muscicapini
Niltavinae
Saxicolinae
Sturnidae
Turdidae
Myadestinae
Turdinae
Sylvioidea
Acrocephalidae
Aegithalidae
Alaudidae
Alaudinae
Certhilaudinae
Mirafrinae
Alcippeidae
Bernieridae
Cettiidae
Cisticolidae
Donacobiidae
Erythrocercidae
Hirundinidae
Hyliidae
Leiothrichidae
Locustellidae
Macrosphenidae
Nicatoridae
Panuridae
Paradoxornithidae
Pellorneidae
Phylloscopidae
Pnoepygidae
Pycnonotidae
Scotocercidae
Sylviidae
Timaliidae
Zosteropidae
Taxon identifiers
Cichladusa


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