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 Other African or Asian species might conceivably fall into this novel
clade. The
tit-flycatchers (
Myioparus) are apparently true flycatchers
morphologically somewhat
convergent to
Stenostira. The Stenostiridae as a whole are related to penduline tits, titmice and chickadees. All these appear to be closer to the
Sylvioidea than to other
Passerida, but this is not robustly supported by the available data and they might constitute a distinct, more
basal superfamily. ==References==