Chinese blue flycatcher | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Cyornis |
Species: | C. glaucicomans |
Binomial name | |
Cyornis glaucicomans | |
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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