Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
Snowy-browed Flycatcher (Ficedula hyperythra) - HBW 11, p. 137
French: Gobemouche givré
German: Rotbrust-Grundschnäpper
Spanish: Papamoscas Cejiníveo
Other common names: Rufous-breasted Blue Flycatcher, White-fronted/Red-breasted(!)/Thicket/Dull Flycatcher
Taxonomy: M[uscicapa]. hyperythra Blyth, 1843, Darjeeling, India.
Birds in Sula Is, currently included in race jugosae, may represent an undescribed race. In Philippines, birds from Mindoro have on occasion been separated as race mindorensis, but doubtfully separable from Luzon birds; junior synonym “dulangana” has sometimes been used in recent times for Mindoro (and, if lumped, Luzon) birds, but this name is applicable only in the event of present genus being merged with both Muscicapa and Cyornis. Race calayensis known only from type specimen, which was subsequently destroyed; validity very doubtful, and might.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: M[uscicapa]. hyperythra Blyth, 1843, Darjeeling, India.
Birds in Sula Is, currently included in race jugosae, may represent an undescribed race. In Philippines, birds from Mindoro have on occasion been separated as race mindorensis, but doubtfully separable from Luzon birds; junior synonym “dulangana” has sometimes been used in recent times for Mindoro (and, if lumped, Luzon) birds, but this name is applicable only in the event of present genus being merged with both Muscicapa and Cyornis. Race calayensis known only from type specimen, which was subsequently destroyed; validity very doubtful, and might not even be referable to present species. Race mjobergi sometimes erroneously listed as “mjoebergi” but this emendation is unjustified, as based on a non-German name (named after Swedish director of Sarawak Museum). Twenty-one subspecies currently recognized.
Birds in Sula Is, currently included in race jugosae, may represent an undescribed race. In Philippines, birds from Mindoro have on occasion been separated as race mindorensis, but doubtfully separable from Luzon birds; junior synonym “dulangana” has sometimes been used in recent times for Mindoro (and, if lumped, Luzon) birds, but this name is applicable only in the event of present genus being merged with both Muscicapa and Cyornis. Race calayensis known only from type specimen, which was subsequently destroyed; validity very doubtful, and might not even be referable to present species. Race mjobergi sometimes erroneously listed as “mjoebergi” but this emendation is unjustified, as based on a non-German name (named after Swedish director of Sarawak Museum). Twenty-one subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hyperythra (Blyth, 1843) - C & E Himalayas E to NE India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram), W, N & E Myanmar, SC China (SE Xizang, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan), N Thailand and N & C Indochina; winters at lower altitudes, and S to Bangladesh and C Myanmar.
- annamensis (Robinson & Kloss, 1919) - SC Vietnam (Langbian).
- innexa (Swinhoe, 1866) - Taiwan.
- hyperythra (Blyth, 1843) - C & E Himalayas E to NE India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram), W, N & E Myanmar, SC China (SE Xizang, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan), N Thailand and N & C Indochina; winters at lower altitudes, and S to Bangladesh and C Myanmar.
- annamensis (Robinson & Kloss, 1919) - SC Vietnam (Langbian).
- innexa (Swinhoe, 1866) - Taiwan.
- sumatrana (Hachisuka, 1926) - Malay Peninsula and highlands of W Sumatra and N Borneo.
- mjobergi (E. J. O. Hartert, 1925) - Poi Mts, in W Borneo.
- vulcani (Robinson, 1918) - Java, Bali and W Lesser Sundas (Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores).
- calayensis (McGregor, 1921) - Calayan (off N Luzon), in N Philippines.
- luzoniensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1894) - Luzon and Mindoro (N Philippines).
- rara (Salomonsen, 1977) - Mantalingajan Mts, in S Palawan (W Philippines).
- nigrorum (Whitehead, 1897) - WC Philippines (Panay, Negros).
- malindangensis Rand & Rabor, 1957 - Mt Malindang, in NW Mindanao (S Philippines).
- daggayana Meyer de Schauensee & duPont, 1962 - NC Mindanao (Misamis Oriental province).
- montigena (Mearns, 1905) - Mt Kitanglad, Mt McKinley and Mt Apo, in C Mindanao.
- matutumensis Kennedy, 1987 - Mt Busa and Mt Matutum, in S Mindanao.
- annalisa (Stresemann, 1931) - N Sulawesi.
- jugosae (Riley, 1921) - C, SE & S Sulawesi, including Sula Is (Taliabu).
- pallidipectus (E. J. O. Hartert, 1903) - Bacan (off SW Halmahera), in Moluccas.
- alifura (Stresemann, 1912) - Buru (S Moluccas).
- negroides (Stresemann, 1914) - Seram (S Moluccas).
- clarae (Mayr, 1944) - Timor.
- audacis (E. J. O. Hartert, 1906) - Babar Is (E of Timor).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male standing on a trunk, looking around Locality Sitou, Nantou County, Taiwan (ssp innexa)
James Jyh Haw Ting 30 April 2007 4 years ago 29 sec 5 -
A bird on the top of a trunk and flying away Locality Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp hyperythra)
Josep del Hoyo 6 November 2004 4 years ago 38 sec 4.7 -
A male calling from a mossy branch Locality Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp hyperythra)
Josep del Hoyo 6 November 2004 4 years ago 45 sec 4.7 -
5DMarkII+EF600mm Locality China (Southern)
chenbo 11 April 2009 2 years ago 27 sec 4 -
Female perched and preening Locality Mount Kinabalu National Park, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp sumatrana)
Greg Baker 21 April 2003 22 weeks ago 23 sec 3.5 -
A male perched on a branch and flying away Locality Ruili, Yunnan, China (Southern) (ssp innexa)
Keith Blomerley 15 November 2007 3 years ago 26 sec 3.2
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perched on a branch
Locality Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Chaiyaphum Province, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (ssp Ficedula hyperythra)
p.supat 14 January 2012 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.5 -
A bird perched on a mossy branch
Locality Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp hyperythra)
Ian Fulton 16 March 2007 2 years ago 2.5
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