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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