| Hyliota | |
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| Violet-backed Hyliota | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Inopinaves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Suborder: | Passeri |
| Superfamily: | Paroidea |
| Family: | Hyliotidae Informal? |
| Genus: | Hyliota Swainson, 1837 |
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Hyliota is a genus of passerine bird. The taxonomic position of the genus has been a long standing mystery. They have been formerly regarded as Old World warblers in the Sylviidae family, or related to the batises and wattle-eyes in the family Platysteiridae, bush-shrikes in the family Malaconotidae, or even Old-World flycatchers in the family Muscicapidae. An analysis of the mitochondrial DNA of the genus and possible relatives found they have no close relatives and are basal in the clade Passerida. They are now often regarded as a family in their own right, the "Hyliotidae".[1]
Hyliota contains the following species:
- Southern Hyliota (Hyliota australis)
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota (Hyliota flavigaster)
- Usambara Hyliota (Hyliota usambara)
- Violet-backed Hyliota (Hyliota violacea)
References[]
- ^ Fuchs, Jérôme; et al. (2006). "The African warbler genus Hyliota as a lost lineage in the Oscine songbird tree: Molecular support for an African origin of the Passerida". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 39 (1): 186–197. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.07.020.
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