Pygmy flycatcher

Pygmy flycatcher
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Ficedula
Species:	F. hodgsoni
Binomial name
Ficedula hodgsoni (Moore, F, 1854)
Synonyms
Ficedula hodgsoni (Moore, 1854)

The pygmy flycatcher (Ficedula hodgsoni), also known as the pygmy blue-flycatcher, is a bird species of the family Muscicapidae.

Distribution and habitat

It is native to Eastern Himalaya, western and southeastern Indochina, the Malay Peninsula, Bukit Barisan and montane Borneo. ^[1] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

1. BirdLife International (2020). "Ficedula hodgsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T22709591A181847912. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22709591A181847912.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.

Further reading

• Moyle, R.G.; Hosner, P.A.; Jones, A.W.; Outlaw, D.C. (2015). "Phylogeny and biogeography of Ficedula flycatchers (Aves: Muscicapidae): Novel results from fresh source material". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 82 (A): 87–94. Bibcode:2015MolPE..82...87M. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.029. PMID   25307119.
• Outlaw, D.C.; Voelker, G. (2006). "Systematics of Ficedula flycatchers (Muscicapidae): A molecular reassessment of a taxonomic enigma". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 41 (1): 118–126. Bibcode:2006MolPE..41..118O. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.004. PMID   16797192.