Grey-chested jungle flycatcher

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Grey-chested jungle flycatcher
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Cyornis
Species:
C. umbratilis
Binomial name
Cyornis umbratilis
(Strickland, 1849)
Synonyms [2]

Muscicapa infuscataBlyth, 1870

The grey-chested jungle flycatcher (Cyornis umbratilis) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss. [1]

This species was previously placed in the genus Rhinomyias but was moved to Cyornis based on the results of a 2010 molecular phylogenetic study. [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2017). "Cyornis umbratilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T22709156A110965696. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22709156A110965696.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. Mlíkovský, Jiří (4 August 2011). "Nomenclatural notes on Cyornis and Rhinomyias flycatchers (Aves: Muscicapidae) of South-East Asia". Zootaxa . 2985 (2985): 64–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2985.1.5.
  3. Sangster, G.; Alström, P.; Forsmark, E.; Olsson, U. (2010). "Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of Old World chats and flycatchers reveals extensive paraphyly at family, subfamily and genus level (Aves: Muscicapidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57 (1): 380–392. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.008. PMID   20656044.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 May 2016.