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Photo by Rob Hutchinson
Zamboanga, Western Mindanao, Philippines, March 2006

Alternative name: Chestnut-tailed Jungle-Flycatcher

Cyornis ruficauda

Includes: Crocker Jungle Flycatcher

Identification

Subspecies C. r. ruficrissa
Photo © by Jason Bugay Reyes
Mount Trusmadi, Tambunan, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia, 18 March 2023

Distribution

Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in genus Rhinomyias.

Subspecies

There are 7 subspecies[1] in three groups. At least one of these have been split as a full species by some authorities:
Chestnut-tailed Jungle Flycatcher (Philippine) Cyornis ruficauda [ruficauda Group]

  • C. r. samarensis:
  • C. r. boholensis:
  • Bohol (Philippines)
  • C. r. zamboanga:
  • W Mindanao (southern Philippines)
  • C. r. ruficauda:
  • Basilan (southern Philippines)

Chestnut-tailed Jungle Flycatcher (Sulu)

  • C. r. ocularis:
  • Sulu Archipelago (Pangamican and Tawitawi)

Chestnut-tailed Jungle Flycatcher (Crocker)

  • C. r. ruficrissa :
  • C. r. isola:
  • Montane forests of Sarawak (northern Borneo)

Habitat

Moist montanes.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.1)_red. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  3. Avibase

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