Chinese blue flycatcher

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Chinese blue flycatcher
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Cyornis
Species:
C. glaucicomans
Binomial name
Cyornis glaucicomans
Thayer & Bangs, 1909
Synonyms

Cyornis rubeculoides glaucicomans

The Chinese blue flycatcher (Cyornis glaucicomans) is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. The Chinese blue flycatcher is found in southern China and the Malay Peninsula. [1] It previously was considered a subspecies of the blue-throated blue flycatcher.

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References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2016). "Cyornis glaucicomans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T103762252A104350561. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103762252A104350561.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.