Stenostiridae

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Stenostiridae is a small family of passerine birds commonly known as fairy flycatchers, found mainly in Africa and Asia and noted for their insectivorous habits and active, flycatcher-like behavior.

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Label Occurrences
Stenostiridae canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
commonName fairy flycatchers ⓘ
containsGenus Chelidorhynx ⓘ
Culicicapa ⓘ
Elminia ⓘ
Stenostira ⓘ
diet insectivorous ⓘ
distribution Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
ecologicalRole insect predator ⓘ
habitat forests ⓘ
scrub ⓘ
woodlands ⓘ
hasMemberSpeciesCountApprox about 10 to 15 species ⓘ
higherClassification Passeriformes ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
morphologicalCharacteristic often long tail ⓘ
slender bill ⓘ
small body size ⓘ
movementPattern sallying from perches ⓘ
order Passeriformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
previouslyClassifiedIn Muscicapidae ⓘ
Sylviidae ⓘ
recognizedAsDistinctFamilySince late 20th century ⓘ
relatedTo Monarchidae ⓘ
Muscicapidae ⓘ
reproductiveBehavior builds cup-shaped nests ⓘ
lays small clutches of eggs ⓘ
sizeRelativeToOtherPasserines very small ⓘ
suborder Passeri ⓘ
taxonRank family ⓘ
typicalBehavior active ⓘ
flycatcher-like ⓘ
typicalForagingStrategy aerial insect hawking ⓘ
vocalization high-pitched calls ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paroidea → includes → Stenostiridae ⓘ
Hirundinidae → relatedTo → Stenostiridae ⓘ