Genus of birds
Larvivora is a genus of small passerine birds belonging to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that occur in central and eastern Asia.
The species in this genus were all previously classified in other genera. A large molecular phylogenetic study published on 2010 found that the genera "Luscinia" and "Erithacus" as defined by Edward C. Dickinson in 2003 were not monophyletic. The genus "Larvivora" with the type species "Larvivora cyane" was reinstated to accommodate a well-defined clade. Although the rufous-headed robin was not included in the phylogenetic study, it was moved to the resurrected genus due to its structural, song and behavioural similarities with the Indian blue robin and the Siberian blue robin.
The genus "Larvivora" had been introduced by the British naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1837. The word "Larvivora" comes from the Neo-Latin "larva" meaning caterpillar and "-vorus" meaning eating ("vorace" to devour).
The genus includes the following 8 species:
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