''Myiomela'' is a genus of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
in the family
Muscicapidae
The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia), with the exception of several vagrants and two species, Bluethroat (''Luscinia svecica)'' and Northe ...
. Some members have sometimes been included in the genus ''
Cinclidium'' and the phylogeny has not been resolved completely.
The genus currently includes three species:
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White-tailed robin (''Myiomela leucura'')
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Javan blue robin (''Myiomela diana'')
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Sumatran blue robin (''Myiomela sumatrana'')
Species from southern India that were tentatively placed in this genus are now treated in the genus ''
Sholicola.
References
Bird genera
Taxa named by George Robert Gray
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