Biology:White-tailed flycatcher

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Short description: Species of bird

White-tailed flycatcher
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.138248 1 - Niltava concreta everetti (Sharpe, 1890) - Muscicapidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Leucoptilon
Sangster et al., 2021
Species:
L. concretum
Binomial name
Leucoptilon concretum
(Müller, 1836)
Subspecies[2]
  • (Sharpe, 1890) (S. Muller, 1836)
  • Cyornis concretus subsp. cyaneus Cyornis concretus subsp. concretus
  • (Hume, 1877) Cyornis concretus subsp. everetti
Synonyms[3]
  • Muscicapa concreta Müller, 1836
  • Cyornis concretus

The white-tailed flycatcher (Leucoptilon concretum) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Leucoptilon. Prior to 2022, it was classified in the genus Cyornis, but was reclassified into Leucoptilon by the International Ornithological Congress based on a 2021 phylogenetic study.[4][5]

It is found in Brunei, China , India , Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3315197 entry