Agricola (bird) explained

Agricola is a genus of small passerine birds in the large family Muscicapidae commonly known as the Old World flycatchers. They are restricted to sub-Saharan Africa.

Taxonomy

A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2023 found that the genus Melaenornis was not monophyletic.^[1] In the resulting rearrangement, two species were moved from Melaenornis to the resurrected genus Agricola that had been introduced in 1854 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte to accommodate the chat flycatcher.^{[2] [3]}

Species

The genus contains two species:^[3]

• Pale flycatcher, Agricola pallidus
• Chat flycatcher, Agricola infuscatus

Notes and References

1. Zhao . M. . Burleigh . J.G. . Olsson . U. . Alström . P. . Kimball . R.T. . 2023 . A near-complete and time-calibrated phylogeny of the Old World flycatchers, robins and chats (Aves, Muscicapidae) . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 178 . 107646 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107646 . free . 36265831 . 2023MolPE.17807646Z .
2. Bonaparte . Charles Lucien . Charles Lucien Bonaparte . 1854 . Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences . Notes sur les collections rapportées en 1853, par M. A. Delattre, de son voyage en Californie et dans le Nicaragua . 38 . 1–11, 53–67, 258–266, 378–389, 533–541, 650–665 [6] .
3. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . July 2023 . Chats, Old World flycatchers . IOC World Bird List Version 13.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 20 July 2023.