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Myiagra ruficollis

Includes Tanimbar Flycatcher

Photo by tcollins
Keep River National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, July 2010

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Asia and Australasia
South-east Asia: Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas, Timor, Moluccas
Australasia: Papua New Guinea, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

There are 3 subspecies:

• M. r. ruficollis:

• Lesser Sundas and small islands in Flores Sea

• M. r. fulviventris:

• Tanimbar Islands (Larat, Yamdena and Selaru)

• M. r. mimikae:

• New Guinea; north-western Western Australia to Cape York Peninsula; Keppel Bay

Subspecies fulviventris is sometimes considered a separate species Tanimbar Flycatcher^[2].

[edit] Habitat

Moist lowland forests, mangroves and montanes.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID