Hylocitrea
Genus of birds
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The hylocitrea (Hylocitrea bonensis), also known as the yellow-flanked whistler or olive-flanked whistler, is a species of bird endemic to montane forests on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.[3] It is monotypic within the genus Hylocitrea. It was traditionally considered a member of the family Pachycephalidae, but recent genetic evidence suggests it should be placed in a monotypic family of its own, Hylocitreidae, related to the waxwings in the family Bombycillidae, the hypocolius in the family Hypocoliidae, the palmchat in the family Dulidae, the silky-flycatchers in the family Ptiliogonatidae, and the now-extinct Hawaiian family Mohoidae (Hawaiian honeyeaters).[4] Some earlier authors took a broader view of this group, treating them as subfamilies in a wider family Bombycillidae,[5] but they are now considered sufficiently diverse and ancient to be classified as a superfamily Bombycilloidea comprising these several families.[4][1] Within the group, Hylocitrea was found to be a sister group to a clade containing the hypocolius (Hypocoliidae) and the extinct Mohoidae, with the clade containing all three being a sister group to the silky-flycatchers (Ptiliogonatidae).[6] The divergences forming these families occurred in the early Miocene, about 20-23 million years ago.[6][7]
| Hylocitrea[1] | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Superfamily: | Bombycilloidea |
| Family: | Hylocitreidae Fjeldsa, Ericson, Johannson, & Zuccon 2015 |
| Genus: | Hylocitrea Mathews, 1925 |
| Species: | H. bonensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hylocitrea bonensis (Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1894) | |
