Muscicapida

Muscicapida is a clade of birds in the order Passeriformes. Oliveros, C.H. et al. (2019) suggested a gondwanan migration of this lineage from Australia to Eurasia.

Systematics
The parvorder contains the following 19 families:


 * Bombycilloidea
 * Dulidae: palmchat
 * Bombycillidae: waxwings
 * Ptiliogonatidae: silky flycatchers
 * Hylocitreidae: hylocitrea
 * Hypocoliidae: hypocolius
 * † Mohoidae: oos
 * Muscicapoidea
 * Elachuridae: spotted elachura
 * Cinclidae: dippers
 * Muscicapidae: Old World flycatchers and chats
 * Turdidae: thrushes and allies
 * Buphagidae: oxpeckers
 * Sturnidae: starlings and rhabdornis
 * Mimidae: mockingbirds and thrashers
 * Regulidae: goldcrests and kinglets
 * Certhioidea
 * Tichodromidae: wallcreeper
 * Sittidae: nuthatches
 * Certhiidae: treecreepers
 * Polioptilidae: gnatcatchers
 * Troglodytidae: wrens

The cladogram of Muscicapida shown below is based on the analysis of Carl Oliveros and colleagues published in 2019: