| Emarginata | |
|---|---|
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| Karoo chat (Emarginata schlegelii) in South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Emarginata Shelley, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Luscinia sinuata[1] Sundevall, 1858 | |
Emarginata is agenus of birds in the Old World flycatcher familyMuscicapidae that occur in southern Africa.
The threespecies in the genus were previously placed in the genusCercomela. Amolecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found thatCercomela waspolyphyletic and that thetype speciesCercomela melanura (theblackstart) lay in a clade containing members ofOenanthe.[2] A more comprehensive study published in 2012 confirmed the earlier results.[3] In order to createmonophyletic genera the species assigned toCercomela were moved into other genera.[4] Three species were placed in the resurrected genusEmarginata that had been introduced by the English ornithologistGeorge Ernest Shelley in 1896.[5]
The three species in the genus are:[4]
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