Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
Citrine Canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa helianthea) - HBW 11, p. 163
French: Gobemouche canari
German: Grünkopfschnäpper
Spanish: Papamoscas Citrino
Other common names: Sunflower Canary-flycatcher
Taxonomy: Muscicapa helianthea Wallace, 1865, Manado, Sulawesi.
Affinities unclear; some DNA studies have suggested that genus belongs with the Australasian robins in family Petroicidae. Birds in Sula Is (off E Sulawesi) provisionally included in nominate race but may represent a previously undescribed race. Five subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- septentrionalis Parkes, 1960 - NW Luzon (Benguet and Lepanto), in N Philippines.
- zimmeri Parkes, 1960 - C & S Luzon.
- panayensis (Sharpe, 1877) - W & C Philippines (Palawan, Panay, Negros, Cebu, Biliran, Leyte, Mindanao).
- septentrionalis Parkes, 1960 - NW Luzon (Benguet and Lepanto), in N Philippines.
- zimmeri Parkes, 1960 - C & S Luzon.
- panayensis (Sharpe, 1877) - W & C Philippines (Palawan, Panay, Negros, Cebu, Biliran, Leyte, Mindanao).
- mayri Deignan, 1947 - SW Sulu Archipelago (Tawi-Tawi and Bongao).
- helianthea (Wallace, 1865) - Sulawesi, Banggai Is, Sula Archipelago and Salayer I.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird calling from a branch, and being answered Locality St. Pauls National Park, Palawan, Philippines (ssp panayensis)
Eldert Groenewoud 30 April 2007 4 years ago 23 sec 4.2 -
A bird foraging Locality Tambing Lake, Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp helianthea)
Josep del Hoyo 28 July 2007 4 years ago 30 sec 3.8 -
A bird flycatching from a branch above. Locality Gunung Ambang Nature Reserve, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp helianthea)
Keith Blomerley 14 August 2011 36 weeks ago 28 sec 3.5 -
A bird singing Locality Tambing Lake, Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp helianthea)
Josep del Hoyo 28 July 2007 4 years ago 18 sec 3.5
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A bird perched low in forest understory.
Locality Gunung Ambang Nature Reserve, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp helianthea)
David Beadle 10 October 2011 22 weeks ago 3 -
bird on a branch
Locality Hamut Camp, Cagayan Province, Luzon, Philippines
Desmond Allen 1 February 2007 2 years ago 3 -
bird on a branch
Locality Hamut Camp, Cagayan Province, Luzon, Philippines
Desmond Allen 1 February 2007 2 years ago 2.5
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Warning calls 'trrip tirrip etc from bird usually just after taking off from perch Locality Awan-Igid trail, Mountain Province, Luzon, Philippines
Desmond Allen 7 January 2010 2 years ago 3
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