Hylocitrea
Hylocitrea bonensis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The hylocitrea, 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. 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. Some earlier authors took a broader view of this group, treating them as subfamilies in a wider family Bombycillidae, but they are now considered sufficiently diverse and ancient to be classified as a superfamily Bombycilloidea comprising these several families.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hylocitreidae
- Genus
- Hylocitrea