Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
Cinnamon-chested Flycatcher (Ficedula buruensis) - HBW 11, p. 138
French: Gobemouche de Buru
German: Molukkengrundschnäpper
Spanish: Papamoscas de Buru
Other common names: Buru Flycatcher (buruensis)
Taxonomy: Erythromyias buruensis E. J. O. Hartert, 1899, Mount Mada, 3000 feet [c. 910 m], Buru, Moluccas.
Affinities uncertain; sometimes thought to form a superspecies with F. dumetoria and F. rufigula, with which it shares the character of a bright blue eyelid (see pages 62, 71). Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- buruensis (E. J. O. Hartert, 1899) - Buru, in S Moluccas.
- ceramensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1910) - Seram, in S Moluccas.
- siebersi (E. J. O. Hartert, 1924) - Kai Is (Kai Besar).
- Least Concern
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