Brown-chested jungle flycatcher

Brown-chested jungle flycatcher
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Muscicapidae
Genus:Cyornis
Species: C. brunneatus
Binomial name
Cyornis brunneatus
(Slater, 1897)
Synonyms

Rhinomyias brunneatus

The brown-chested jungle flycatcher (Cyornis brunneatus) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found in Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Tibet. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

This species was previously placed in the genus Rhinomyias but was moved to Cyornis based on the results of a 2010 molecular phylogenetic study.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International. 2016. Cyornis brunneatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103761460A94193481. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103761460A94193481.en. Downloaded on 27 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Sangster, G.; Alström, P.; Forsmark, E.; Olsson, U. (2010). "Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of Old World chats and flycatchers reveals extensive paraphyly at family, subfamily and genus level (Aves: Muscicapidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57 (1): 380–392. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.008. PMID 20656044.
  3. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
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