Biology:Hill blue flycatcher

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Short description: Species of bird

Hill blue flycatcher
Cyornis whitei, female - Mae Wong, Thailand.jpg
female
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Cyornis
Species:
C. whitei
Binomial name
Cyornis whitei
Harington, 1908


The hill blue flycatcher (Cyornis whitei) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in southern China , northeastern India[1] and Southeast Asia.

Female

It was treated as a subspecies of Cyornis banyumas before molecular phylogenetic studies found them to be distinct.[2]

References

  1. Baruah, P.; Dalvi, S.; Hatibaruah, B. (2018). "Notes on field identification, vocalisation, status, and distribution of Large Blue Flycatcher Cyornis magnirostris and Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis banyumas whitei in north-eastern India". Indian Birds 14 (4): 102–108. https://indianbirds.in/pdfs/IB_14_4_BaruahETAL_CyornisFlycatchers.pdf. 
  2. Zhang, Zhen; Wang, Xiaoyang; Huang, Yuan; Olsson, Urban; Martinez, Jonathan; Alström, Per; Lei, Fumin (2016). "Unexpected divergence and lack of divergence revealed in continental Asian Cyornis flycatchers (Aves: Muscicapidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94 (Pt A): 232–241. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.024. PMID 26358612. 
Hill blue flycatcher

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