Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)
Maroon-breasted Philentoma (Philentoma velata) - HBW 11, p. 329
French: Philentome à poitrine marron
German: Kastanienbrustschnäpper
Spanish: Filentoma Pechipardo
Other common names: Maroon-breasted Flycatcher/Monarch
Taxonomy: Drymophila velata Temminck, 1825, Java.
Relationships of genus uncertain: has been considered, on grounds of DNA-DNA hybridization, to belong with the vangas in the family Vangidae, and also linked with the bush-shrikes in Malaconotidae; more refined molecular analyses currently being undertaken in order to elucidate its true affinities. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- caesia (Lesson, 1839) - extreme S Myanmar (S Tenasserim), W & S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and N & NW Borneo.
- velata Temminck, 1825 - lowland Java.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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A female perched and calling Locality Bornean Rainforest Lodge, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp caesia)
Greg Baker 2 May 2003 35 weeks ago 37 sec 3.5 -
calling male, mainly whistling but also chacking (near the end) Locality Bukit Tapan, West Sumatra Region, Sumatra (Indonesia) (ssp caesia)
Martin Kennewell 8 June 2008 2 years ago 40 sec 2.8
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A bird pirched.
Locality Taman Negara National Park, Peninsular Malaysia
tanakorn 1 year ago 3.4
- No sound recordings available yet
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