Muscicapidae

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Cyornis tickelliae Blyth, 1843

Cyornis tickelliae Blyth, 1843

Cyornis tickelliae Blyth, 1843

Cyornis tickelliae, Tickell's blue flycatcher, is a small passerine bird found across South and Southeast Asia with varied regional subspecies.

Cyornis tickelliae sumatrensis (Sharpe, 1879)

Cyornis tickelliae sumatrensis (Sharpe, 1879)

Cyornis tickelliae sumatrensis (Sharpe, 1879)

Tickell's blue flycatcher (Cyornis tickelliae, with several subspecies including C. t. sumatrensis) is a small insectivorous bird found across South and Southeast Asia.

Cyornis whitei Harington, 1908

Cyornis whitei Harington, 1908

Cyornis whitei Harington, 1908

The hill blue flycatcher (Cyornis whitei) is a distinct Muscicapidae bird found across parts of Asia.

Tarsiger chrysaeus Hodgson, 1845

Tarsiger chrysaeus Hodgson, 1845

Tarsiger chrysaeus Hodgson, 1845

Tarsiger chrysaeus (golden bush robin) is a 14-15 cm Muscicapidae songbird found across Himalayan highlands.

Tarsiger johnstoniae (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906)

Tarsiger johnstoniae (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906)

Tarsiger johnstoniae (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906)

Tarsiger johnstoniae, the collared bush-robin, is a small sexually dimorphic bird endemic to Taiwan’s mountain forests.

Tarsiger rufilatus (Hodgson, 1845)

Tarsiger rufilatus (Hodgson, 1845)

Tarsiger rufilatus (Hodgson, 1845)

The Himalayan bluetail is an insectivorous, short-distance altitudinal migrant bird native to the Himalaya.

Tarsiger cyanurus (Pallas, 1773)

Tarsiger cyanurus (Pallas, 1773)

Tarsiger cyanurus (Pallas, 1773)

The red-flanked bluetail is a small Old World flycatcher that breeds in northern Eurasia and winters in southern Asia, with rare vagrancy to North America.

Brachypteryx leucophris (Temminck, 1828)

Brachypteryx leucophris (Temminck, 1828)

Brachypteryx leucophris (Temminck, 1828)

Brachypteryx leucophris, the lesser shortwing, is a Muscicapidae chat species found across parts of Asia, living in subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Brachypteryx montana cruralis (Blyth, 1843)

Brachypteryx montana cruralis (Blyth, 1843)

Brachypteryx montana cruralis (Blyth, 1843)

Brachypteryx montana cruralis, the Javan shortwing, is a shy ground-feeding bird that nests in dense shrubs.

Muscicapa ferruginea (Hodgson, 1845)

Muscicapa ferruginea (Hodgson, 1845)

Muscicapa ferruginea (Hodgson, 1845)

The ferruginous flycatcher (Muscicapa ferruginea) is a Muscicapidae bird native to parts of South and East Asia, living in moist montane forests.

Muscicapa striata (Pallas, 1764)

Muscicapa striata (Pallas, 1764)

Muscicapa striata (Pallas, 1764)

Muscicapa striata, the spotted flycatcher, is a small streaked passerine with distinctive hunting and moulting behaviours.

Muscicapa cassini Heine, 1860

Muscicapa cassini Heine, 1860

Muscicapa cassini Heine, 1860

Cassin's flycatcher is a Muscicapidae bird native to African tropical rainforests, living in subtropical or tropical swamps.

Muscicapa muttui (E.L.Layard, 1854)

Muscicapa muttui (E.L.Layard, 1854)

Muscicapa muttui (E.L.Layard, 1854)

This is a small passerine bird species Muscicapa muttui, the brown-breasted flycatcher, detailing its appearance, taxonomy, and range.

Muscicapa adusta (F.Boie, 1828)

Muscicapa adusta (F.Boie, 1828)

Muscicapa adusta (F.Boie, 1828)

Muscicapa adusta, the African dusky flycatcher, is a small brown passerine with distinct markings and soft high calls.

Muscicapa aquatica Heuglin, 1864

Muscicapa aquatica Heuglin, 1864

Muscicapa aquatica Heuglin, 1864

Muscicapa aquatica, the swamp flycatcher, is a Muscicapidae bird found across the Sudan region to Zambia, living in moist shrubland and swamps.

Muscicapa sibirica Gmelin, 1789

Muscicapa sibirica Gmelin, 1789

Muscicapa sibirica Gmelin, 1789

The dark-sided flycatcher (Muscicapa sibirica) is a small passerine bird with described appearance, voice, distribution, and habitat.

Muscicapa griseisticta (Swinhoe, 1861)

Muscicapa griseisticta (Swinhoe, 1861)

Muscicapa griseisticta (Swinhoe, 1861)

This entry lists published identification references for the bird species Muscicapa griseisticta.

Muscicapa williamsoni Deignan, 1957

Muscicapa williamsoni Deignan, 1957

Muscicapa williamsoni Deignan, 1957

Muscicapa williamsoni, the brown-streaked flycatcher, is a Muscicapidae bird sometimes treated as an Asian brown flycatcher subspecies.

Muscicapa latirostris Raffles, 1822

Muscicapa latirostris Raffles, 1822

Muscicapa latirostris Raffles, 1822

Muscicapa latirostris is a small flycatcher with described plumage and proposed subspecies poonensis from South Asia.

Phoenicurus schisticeps (J.E.Gray & G.R.Gray, 1847)

Phoenicurus schisticeps (J.E.Gray & G.R.Gray, 1847)

Phoenicurus schisticeps (J.E.Gray & G.R.Gray, 1847)

White-throated redstart (Phoenicurus schisticeps) is a Muscicapidae bird found in South and East Asia, living in temperate forests.

Phoenicurus phoenicurus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Phoenicurus phoenicurus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Phoenicurus phoenicurus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Phoenicurus phoenicurus, the common redstart, is a small migratory passerine bird breeding across Eurasia and northwest Africa.

Phoenicurus auroreus (Pallas, 1776)

Phoenicurus auroreus (Pallas, 1776)

Phoenicurus auroreus (Pallas, 1776)

Phoenicurus auroreus, the Daurian redstart, is a common sexually dimorphic migratory passerine bird from East Asia.

Phoenicurus frontalis Vigors, 1832

Phoenicurus frontalis Vigors, 1832

Phoenicurus frontalis Vigors, 1832

The blue-fronted redstart is an Old World flycatcher that breeds in central China and the Himalayas.

Phoenicurus hodgsoni (Moore, 1854)

Phoenicurus hodgsoni (Moore, 1854)

Phoenicurus hodgsoni (Moore, 1854)

Hodgson's redstart (Phoenicurus hodgsoni) is a Muscicapidae bird found across South and East Asia, living in temperate forests.

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