Alethe (genus)
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Alethe is a genus of small mainly insectivorous birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that occur in West Africa.
The genus was erected by the American ornithologist John Cassin in 1859.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The genus was previously placed in the thrush family Turdidae but in 2010 two separate molecular phylogenetic studies found that species in the genus were more closely related to members of the Old World flycatcher family.<ref name = sang>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name = zucc>Template:Cite journal</ref>
The genus contains two species:<ref name=ioc>Template:Cite web</ref>
- White-tailed alethe, Alethe diademata
- Fire-crested alethe, Alethe castanea
Formerly in this genus
Four species formerly placed in this genus are not closely related to the type species, and have accordingly been reassigned to Chamaetylas (formerly Pseudalethe).<ref name="bere">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name = sang/><ref name=ioc/>