White-tailed flycatcher

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White-tailed flycatcher
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Leucoptilon
Sangster et al., 2021
Species:
L. concretum
Binomial name
Leucoptilon concretum
(Müller, 1835)
Subspecies [2]
  • Cyornis concretus subsp. concretus (S.Muller, 1836)
  • Cyornis concretus subsp. cyaneus (Hume, 1877)
  • Cyornis concretus subsp. everetti (Sharpe, 1890)
Synonyms [3]
  • Muscicapa concretaMüller, 1836
  • Cyornis concretus

The white-tailed flycatcher (Leucoptilon concretum) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Leucoptilon. Prior to 2022, it was classified in the genus Cyornis , but was reclassified into Leucoptilon by the International Ornithological Congress based on a 2021 phylogenetic study. [4] [5]

It is found in Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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References

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  5. Sangster, George; Alström, Per; Gaudin, Jimmy; Olsson, Urban (2021-12-03). "A new genus for the White-tailed Flycatcher Cyornis concretus (Aves: Muscicapidae)". Zootaxa. 5072 (6): 599–600. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5072.6.7. ISSN   1175-5334.