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Alternative name: Matinan Flycatcher

Cyornis sanfordi

Photo by martinuk
Location: Gunung Ambang, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia

Identification

14.5 cm. Small, drab, unobtrusive, forest flycatcher. Grey-brown above, greyer on crown, with dark lores and more rufous-olive on rump and tail. Brownish-grey underparts with pale vent.

Distribution

Endemic to the mountains of Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia

Taxonomy

Family/Sub-family Muscicapidae

Species name author Stresemann, 1931

Taxonomic source(s) Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)

Synonyms Cyornis sandfordi Collar and Andrew (1988)

Monotypic^[1]

Habitat

Moist montane

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

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