Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
Henna-tailed Jungle-flycatcher (Rhinomyias colonus) - HBW 11, p. 112
French: Gobemouche à queue henné
German: Suladschungelschnäpper
Spanish: Papamoscas de la Sula
Other common names: Henna-tailed Rhinomyias; Sula Jungle-flycatcher (colonus); Celebes Jungle-flycatcher (subsolanus)
Taxonomy: Rhinomyias colonus E. J. O. Hartert, 1898, Mangole, Sula Archipelago.
Race pelingensis apparently based on slight variation in plumage following ageing of collected skins, and subsolanus based on description of a single specimen now lost; further clarification required, and species possibly better treated as monotypic. Three subspecies tentatively recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- subsolanus Meise, 1932 - E Sulawesi.
- pelingensis Vaurie, 1952 - Peleng, in Banggai Is.
- colonus E. J. O. Hartert, 1898 - Sula Is.
- Near Threatened
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