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Philentoma

Philentoma
Philentoma velata 1838.jpg
Philentoma velata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tephrodornithidae (but see text)
Genus: Philentoma
Eyton, 1845

Philentoma is an enigmatic genus of birds. They were included in the Muscicapidae (flycatchers) when these were used as a "wastebin taxon" mainly for lack of a better idea, but have recently been recognized as part of a shrike-like group. They are now usually placed in the Tephrodornithidae with the woodshrikes, with some taxonomists alternatively placing them, the woodshrikes, and the helmetshrikes with the vangas.

There are two species:



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