Chestnut-throated Flycatcher

Photo by Tom Tarrant
Viti Levu, Fiji, June 2007

Myiagra castaneigularis

Identification

14cm
Bright orange bill
Male

• Light blue crown
• Slate-blue upperparts
• White underparts
  

Female

• Brown above
• Grey cheeks
• Blue crown

Distribution

Fiji.

Taxonomy

Formerly considered conspecific with Azure-crested Flycatcher.

Subspecies^[1]

There are 2 subspecies:

• M. c. castaneigularis:

• Fiji (montane forests of Vanua Levu and Kambara)

• M. c. whitneyi:

• Fiji (montane forests of Viti Levu)

Habitat

Moist montanes and lowland forest.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2016. IOC World Bird Names (version 6.4). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chestnut-throated Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chestnut-throated_Flycatcher

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