Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
Rufous-chested Flycatcher (Ficedula dumetoria) - HBW 11, p. 133
French: Gobemouche à poitrine rousse
German: Spiegelschnäpper
Spanish: Papamoscas Pechirrufo
Other common names: Orange-breasted/Short-tailed Flycatcher
Taxonomy: Saxicola? dumetoria Wallace, 1864, Lombok, Lesser Sundas.
Affinities uncertain; has sometimes been thought to form a superspecies with F. rufigula and F. buruensis, with which it shares the character of a bright blue eyelid (see pages 62, 71). Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- muelleri (Sharpe, 1879) - S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.
- dumetoria (Wallace, 1864) - Java and Lesser Sundas (Lombok, Sumbawa, Satonda, Flores).
- riedeli (Büttikofer, 1886) - Tanimbar Is (Larat, Yamdena).
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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This flycatcher is a peat swamp forest species. Video taken in Panti Forest, Johor, P. Malaysia. Locality Panti Forest Reserve, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia
dannylau 30 July 2011 26 weeks ago 18 sec 3.7
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Male singing from the forest understorey. Locality Taman Negara National Park, Peninsular Malaysia
(ssp muelleri)
Sam Woods 1 June 2008 2 years ago 3
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