The Zoochat Photographic Guide To The Muscicapoidea (Part I) - Old World Flycatchers and Chats

A species which - being a honeyeater - will not appear in this thread

 

Stiphrornis


Orange-breasted Forest-robin (Stiphrornis erythrothorax)

The range of this species extends across much of West Africa, from Sierra Leone in the west to northwest Gabon and Bioko Island in the east.

Four subspecies recognised:

S. e. erythrothorax
S. e. inexpectatus
S. e. dahomeyensis
S. e. gabonensis

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Yellow-breasted Forest-robin (Stiphrornis xanthogaster)

The range of this species extends throughout Central Africa, from southeast Cameroon and northeast Gabon in the west, through the DRC and Central African Republic, to Uganda and southern South Sudan in the east.

Three subspecies recognised:

S. x. xanthogaster
S. x. sanghensis
S. x. rudderi

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Olive-backed Forest-robin (Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus)

The range of this species is restricted to coastal southern Gabon and adjacent southern Congo.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


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Cichladusa


Collared Palm-thrush (Cichladusa arquata)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout eastern and central Africa, from east-central and southeast DRC in the west to coastal Kenya and adjacent northeast Tanzania in the east, and south to northeast Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique and adjacent northeast South Africa.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Rufous-tailed Palm-thrush (Cichladusa ruficauda)

The range of this species extends throughout southwest Africa, from southern Gabon and adjacent Congo, south through western Angola to northwest Namibia; a disjunct population exists in south-central Central African Republic and adjacent northern DRC.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Spotted Palm-thrush (Cichladusa guttata)

The range of this species extends patchily through much of the Horn of Africa and adjacent areas of eastern Africa, from southeast South Sudan and adjacent Ethiopia in the west to southern Somalia in the east, and south to central Tanzania.

Three subspecies recognised:

C. g. guttata
C. g. intercalans - photo by @lintworm



C. g. rufipennis
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Sheppardia


Usambara Akalat (Sheppardia montana)

Endemic to the western Usambara Mountains, in northeast Tanzania.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Iringa Akalat (Sheppardia lowei)

Endemic to the Udzungwa and Livingstone Mountains of south-central and southwest Tanzania.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Rubeho Akalat (Sheppardia aurantiithorax)

Endemic to the Rubeho-Ukaguru Mountains of central Tanzania.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Gabela Akalat (Sheppardia gabela)

The range of this species is restricted to a 60km stretch of forested escarpment between Gabela and Seles in west-central Angola.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Equatorial Akalat (Sheppardia aequatorialis)

The range of this species extends patchily across east-central Africa, from southernmost South Sudan in the north into eastern DRC and Rwanda in the west and southwest Kenya in the east.

Two subspecies recognised:

S. a. acholiensis
S. a. aequatorialis

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Lowland Akalat (Sheppardia cyornithopsis)

The range of this species extends patchily across western and central Africa in a series of disjunct populations from Sierra Leone and southern Guinea in the west, through the Congo Basin to southwest Uganda and northwest Tanzania in the east.

Three subspecies recognised:

S. c. houghtoni
S. c. cyornithopsis
S. c. lopezi

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


East Coast Akalat (Sheppardia gunningi)

The range of this species extends patchily across the eastern coastline of Africa in a highly-fragmented distribution of disjunct populations, from coastal southeast Kenya in the north to central Mozambique in the south.

Four subspecies recognised:

S. g. sokokensis
S. g. alticola
S. g. bensoni
S. g. gunningi

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Sharpe's Akalat (Sheppardia sharpei)

The range of this species extends throughout the Eastern Arc Mountains and
Kipengere Range of east-central to southern Tanzania, and into northern Malawi and northeast Zambia.

Two subspecies recognised:

S. s. usambarae
S. s. sharpei

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Grey-winged Akalat (Sheppardia polioptera)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout western and central Africa in a highly-fragmented distribution of disjunct populations, from eastern Sierra Leone and southeast Guinea in the west to Cameroon and the Central African Republic in the east, and from southern South Sudan in the north, through the eastern DRC, Rwanda and Uganda, to northeast Angola and adjacent northwest Zambia in the south.

Four subspecies recognised:

S. p. nigriceps
S. p. tessmanni
S. p. polioptera
S. p. grimwoodi

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Short-tailed Akalat (Sheppardia poensis)

The range of this species comprises a pair of highly-disjunct populations; throughout southeast Nigeria and western Cameroon, extending to Bioko Islands; and throughout the eastern DRC and adjacent western Tanzania.

Five subspecies recognised:

S. p. granti
S. p. poensis
S. p. schoutedeni
S. p. kaboboensis
S. p. kungwensis

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Bocage's Akalat (Sheppardia bocagei)

The range of this species comprises a pair of highly-disjunct populations; throughout the west Angolan escarpment; and throughout southern DRC, western Tanzania and northern Zambia.

Three subspecies recognised:

S. b. ilyai
S. b. chapini
S. b. bocagei

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

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Heinrichia


Minahasa Shortwing (Heinrichia simplex)

Endemic to northern Sulawesi, where it is restricted to the Tentolo-Matinan Mountains.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Great Shortwing (Heinrichia calligyna)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout south-central and south-east Sulawesi.

Two subspecies recognised:

H. c. calligyna
H. c. picta

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

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Vauriella


Eyebrowed Jungle-flycatcher (Vauriella gularis)

Endemic to the montane regions of Borneo.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


White-throated Jungle-flycatcher (Vauriella albigularis)

The range of this species extends throughout Panay, Negros and Guimaras in the west-central Philippines.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


White-browed Jungle-flycatcher (Vauriella insignis)

Endemic to northern Luzon, in the northern Philippines.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Slaty-backed Jungle-flycatcher (Vauriella goodfellowi)

Endemic to Mindanao in the southern Philippines.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

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Heteroxenicus


Gould's Shortwing (Heteroxenicus stellatus)

The range of this species extends patchily from the central Himalayas of northern India, east to southern China and adjacent northeast Myanmar; a disjunct population exists in northwest Vietnam, but may no longer be extant.

Two subspecies recognised:

H. s. stellatus
H. s. fuscus

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Brachypteryx


Rusty-bellied Shortwing (Brachypteryx hyperythra)

The range of this species extends in a patchy and highly-fragmented distribution throughout the eastern Himalayas of northeast India and adjacent northwest Myanmar, and into southern China.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Lesser Shortwing (Brachypteryx leucophris)

The range of this species extends throughout southeast Asia, from the central Himalayas of northern India in the west, throughout northern Myanmar and south-central China, to southeast China and eastern Indochina in the east, and patchily south from here throughout the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Java, and into the Lesser Sundas.

Five subspecies recognised:

B. l. nipalensis
B. l. carolinae
B. l. langbianensis
B. l. wrayi
B. l. leucophris

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Himalayan Shortwing (Brachypteryx cruralis)

The range of this species extends throughout southeast Asia, from the central Himalayas of Nepal in the west, through Bhutan, Assam and northern Myanmar into south-central China in the east, and south from here throughout northern and eastern Indochina.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Chinese Shortwing (Brachypteryx sinensis)

The range of this species extends throughout central and southern China, as far as the extreme northwestern border of Vietnam.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Taiwan Shortwing (Brachypteryx goodfellowi)

Endemic to the mountains of central and eastern Taiwan.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Philippine Shortwing (Brachypteryx poliogyna)

The range of this species extends throughout the northern and western Philippines, and patchily into the south.

Seven subspecies recognised:

B. p. poliogyna
B. p. andersoni
B. p. mindorensis
B. p. sillimani
B. p. brunneiceps
B. p. malindangensis
B. p. mindanensis

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Bornean Shortwing (Brachypteryx erythrogyna)

Endemic to the montane forests of Borneo.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Sumatran Shortwing (Brachypteryx saturata)

Endemic to the montane forests of Sumatra.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Javan Shortwing (Brachypteryx montana)

Endemic to the montane forests of Java.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Flores Shortwing (Brachypteryx floris)

Endemic to the montane forests of Flores in the Lesser Sundas.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Larvivora


Rufous-headed Robin (Larvivora ruficeps)

The summer breeding range of this species comprises a highly-localised and patchy distribution in central China; the wintering range of this species is unclear, with known populations in Peninsular Malaysia and southern Vietnam.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Indian Blue Robin (Larvivora brunnea)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout the Himalayas, from northeast Afghanistan in the west to south-central China in the eas; the wintering range of this species extends throughout the Western Ghats and southeast India, and Sri Lanka. A resident population is present in western Myanmar.

Two subspecies recognised:

L. b. brunnea
L. b. wickhami

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Siberian Blue Robin (Larvivora cyane)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout south-central and eastern Siberia, northern Mongolia and East Asia, from northwest Kazakhstan and adjacent southern Siberia in the west to the Russian Far East, Korean peninsula and Japan in the east; the wintering range of this species extends throughout southern Indochina into the Malay Peninsula and Greater Sundas.

Three subspecies recognised:

L. c. cyane
L. c. bochaiensis
L. c. nechaevi

Photo by @Cephie




Rufous-tailed Robin (Larvivora sibilans)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout central and eastern Siberia into northeast China and the Russian Far East; the wintering range of this species extends throughout southeast China into northern Indochina.

Monotypic.

Photo by @vogelcommando




Japanese Robin (Larvivora akahige)

The summer breeding range of this species extends from southern Sakhalin and the southern Kuril Islands in the north, and throughout Japan; the wintering range of this species extends throughout coastal southeast China.

Monotypic.

Photo by @devilfish




Izu Robin (Larvivora tanensis)

Endemic to the Izu Islands of Japan.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Ryukyu Robin (Larvivora komadori)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout the Danjo Islands and northern Ryukyu Islands of Japan; the wintering range of this species extends throughout the southern Ryukyu Islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Okinawa Robin (Larvivora namiyei)

Endemic to Okinawa and adjacent islands of the central Ryukyu Islands in Japan.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Irania


White-throated Robin (Irania gutturalis)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout Asia Minor and the Caucasus into Central Asia as far east as northwest Afghanistan and central Uzbekistan; the wintering range of this species extends through northeast and eastern Africa from central Ethiopia in the north to northeast Tanzania in the south.

Monotypic.

Photo by @gust1


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Hodgsonius


White-bellied Redstart (Hodgsonius phaenicuroides)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout the Himalayas, from northern Pakistan in the west to Bhutan and northwest Myanmar in the east, with wintering populations in the lower Himalayan foothills to the south and also in northern Indochina; the resident range of this species extends throughout the Tibetan Plateau and into south-central China, with a disjunct population in northeast China.

Two subspecies recognised:

H. p. phaenicuroides
H. p. ichangensis

Photo by @vogelcommando

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Cyanecula


Bluethroat (Cyanecula svecica)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout northern and central Eurasia, with patchy populations occurring at the western and eastern limits of this range, in western Europe and the extreme northwest of North America; the hub of this range extends from Scandinavia and central Europe, through Asia Minor, the Caucasus and western Russia, into Central Asia, Siberia and north-central China, extending as far as the Russian Far East. The wintering range of this species extends throughout the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa in the west, throughout the Sahel of Africa and Mediterranean into the Middle East and Arabian Peninsula, and from here east into the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia. Some populations in the Iberian Peninsula may be resident.

Eleven subspecies recognised:

C. s. svecica
C. s. volgae - photo by @vogelcommando



C. s. pallidogularis
C. s. saturatior
C. s. abbotti
C. s. kobdensis - photo by @alexkant



C. s. przevalskii
C. s. namnetum
C. s. cyanecula - photo by @vogelcommando



C. s. azuricollis - photo by @vogelcommando



C. s. luristanica
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Luscinia


Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia)

The summer breeding range of this species extends from northern and central Europe in the west, through eastern Europe into western Russia and the Caucasus, to south-central Siberia and northern Kazakhstan in the east ; the wintering range of this species extends throughout southeast Africa, from southwest Tanzania and Zambia in the north to northeast South Africa in the south.

Monotypic.

Photo by @alexkant




Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, from Great Britain, the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa in the west, throughout southern and central Europe into Asia Minor, the Caucasus and Middle East, and from here into Central Asia as far as western Mongolia and adjacent northwest China and eastern Kazakhstan in the east; the wintering range of this species extends throughout the Sahel of Africa from Senegal and Gambia in the west to southern Somalia, eastern Kenya and northeast Tanzania in the east.

Three subspecies recognised:

L. m. megarhynchos - photo by @vogelcommando



L. m. africana
L. m. golzii
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Calliope


Firethroat (Calliope pectardens)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout southern and south-central China, with the wintering range poorly known but populations known from northeast India and adjacent northeast Bangladesh.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Blackthroat (Calliope obscura)

The summer breeding range of this species is restricted to a small and localised area of south-central China, with the wintering range unknown barring a single record in northwest Thailand.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Siberian Rubythroat (Calliope calliope)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout central and eastern Siberia, and into the Russian Far East, northeast China, the northern reaches of the Korean Peninsula and northern Japan; a disjunct population exists in central China. The wintering range of this species extends patchily throughout the Himalayas and east-central India into southeast China, Indochina, Taiwan and the northern Philippines.

Monotypic.

Photo by @LaughingDove




Himalayan Rubythroat (Calliope pectoralis)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout the Tian Shan range of Central Asia, south to northeast Afghanistan, and from here east throughout the Himalayas to eastern Nepal and Sikkim; the wintering range of this species extends throughout the southern foothills of the Himalayas from northern Pakistan to southeast Nepal and Sikkim.

Three subspecies recognised:

C. p. ballioni
C. p. pectoralis
C. p. confusa

Photo by @Tomek




Chinese Rubythroat (Calliope tschebaiewi)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout the northern Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau from eastern Kashmir in the west to northern Myanmar in the east, and from here throughout central China; the wintering range of this species extends throughout northeast India and northeast Bangladesh into northern Myanmar and adjacent southern China.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

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Myiomela


White-tailed Blue Robin (Myiomela leucura)

The range of this species extends throughout southeast Asia, from the central Himalayas in the west to central China in the east, and south throughout southern China into Hainan Island and northern and eastern Indochina; disjunct populations are present in the southern Malay Peninsula and on Taiwan.

Two subspecies recognised:

M. l. leucura - photo by @LaughingDove



M. l. montium


Cambodian Blue Robin (Myiomela cambodiana)

The range of this species is restricted to southern Cambodia and adjacent southeast Thailand.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Sunda Blue Robin (Myiomela diana)

The range of this species is restricted to the montane forests of Sumatra and western Java.

Two subspecies recognised:

M. d. sumatrana
M. d. diana

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Nilgiri Blue Robin (Myiomela major)

Endemic to the Nilgiri Hills of the Western Ghats in southern India.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


White-bellied Blue Robin (Myiomela albiventris)

The range of this species is restricted to a highly-localised and patchy distribution in the southern Western Ghats.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Tarsiger


Rufous-breasted Bush-robin (Tarsiger hyperythrus)

The range of this species extends throughout the central and eastern Himalayas, from central Nepal in the west to southern China and adjacent northeast Myanmar in the east.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Orange-flanked Bush-robin (Tarsiger cyanurus)

The summer breeding range of this species extends across northern and central Eurasia, from northeast Finland and northwest Russia in the west, throughout Siberia and northern Mongolia, to the Russian Far East and Sakhalin, northeast China and adjacent North Korea, and northern Japan in the east; the wintering range of this species extends across southern and southeast China into the southern Korean Peninsula and southern Japan to the east, and northern Indochina to the south.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Maguari




Himalayan Bush-robin (Tarsiger rufilatus)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout the Himalayas from northeast Afghanistan and northern Pakistan in the west to northeast India and Bhutan in the east, and from here throughout central and southern China; populations in the central and eastern Himalayas, northern Myanmar and adjacent southern China are resident. The wintering range of this species extends throughout the southern foothills of the Himalayas, southernmost China and northern Indochina.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


White-browed Bush-robin (Tarsiger indicus)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout the central and eastern Himalayas, into the Tibetan Plateau and central China, and south from here into southern China and northernmost Indochina; a disjunct population exists in the montane forests of Taiwan.

Three subspecies recognised:

T. i. indicus
T. i. yunnanensis
T. i. formosanus

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Collared Bush-robin (Tarsiger johnstoniae)

Endemic to Taiwan.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Golden Bush-robin (Tarsiger chrysaeus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Himalayas from northern Pakistan and northwest India in the west, through Nepal and Bhutan, to northeast India and adjacent northern Myanmar in the west, and south from here into central Myanmar; summer breeding populations are present in the northern reaches of this range, and extending into central China, whilst wintering populations are present in northeast India, eastern Myanmar and northern Indochina.

Two subspecies recognised:

T. c. whistleri
T. c. chrysaeus

Photo by @vogelcommando


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Enicurus


Little Forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

The range of this species extends throughout the southern reaches of the Tien Shan, into the Himalayas from northeast Afghanistan and northern Pakistan in the west to northeast India and northern Myanmar in the east, and from here throughout central and eastern China, northernmost Indochina and Taiwan.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Chlidonias




Slaty-backed Forktail (Enicurus schistaceus)

The range of this species extends throughout the central and eastern Himalayas from northern India and western Nepal in the west to northeast India in the east, and from here throughout south-central and eastern China and Indochina, extending patchily into the Malay Peninsula to the south.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Sunda Forktail (Enicurus velatus)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout the highlands of Sumatra and Java.

Two subspecies recognised:

E. v. sumatranus
E. v. velatus

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Chestnut-naped Forktail (Enicurus ruficapillus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Malay Peninsula into Sumatra and Borneo.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Black-backed Forktail (Enicurus immaculatus)

The range of this species extends throughout the central and eastern Himalayas from northern India and western Nepal in the west to northeast India in the east, and from here south throughout Myanmar and northwest Thailand.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


White-crowned Forktail (Enicurus leschenaulti)

The range of this species extends from the eastern Himalayas into south-central and eastern China, and south throughout Indochina and the Malay Peninsula into the Greater Sundas.

Six subspecies recognised:

E. l. indicus
E. l. sinensis
E. l. frontalis
E. l. chaseni
E. l. leschenaulti
E. l. borneensis - photo by @LaughingDove




Spotted Forktail (Enicurus maculatus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Himalayas from northeast Afghanistan in the west to northeast India and northern Myanmar in the east, and from here into south-central and south-east China, and northern Indochina; a disjunct population exists in south-central Vietnam.

Four subspecies recognised:

E. m. maculatus
E. m. guttatus
E. m. bacatus
E. m. robinsoni

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Cinclidium


Blue-fronted Robin (Cinclidium frontale)

The range of this species comprises a handful of highly-fragmented and disjunct populations in southeast Asia; throughout Bhutan and adjacent northeast India; the extreme northeast of India; south-central China; and northern Indochina from eastern Myanmar to northwest Vietnam.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. f. frontale
C. f. orientale

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Myophonus


Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush (Myophonus blighi)

Endemic to montane south-central Sri Lanka.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Shiny Whistling-thrush (Myophonus melanurus)

Endemic to the montane forests of Sumatra.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Javan Whistling-thrush (Myophonus glaucinus)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout Java and Bali.

Monotypic.

Photo by @vogelcommando




Sumatran Whistling-thrush (Myophonus castaneus)

Endemic to the montane forests of Sumatra.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Bornean Whistling-thrush (Myophonus borneensis)

Endemic to the montane forests of north-central and northern Borneo.

Monotypic.

Photo by @LaughingDove




Malay Whistling-thrush (Myophonus robinsoni)

Endemic to the montane forests of southern Peninsular Malaysia.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Malabar Whistling-thrush (Myophonus horsfieldii)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout the hills of western and central Peninsular India.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Taiwan Whistling-thrush (Myophonus insularis)

Endemic to Taiwan.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Blue Whistling-thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)

The range of this species extends throughout Central Asia, the Himalayas and southeast Asia, from Tien Shan south to northeastern Afghanistan, and east from here through the Himalayas to northern Myanmar; from here the species extends into south-central and eastern China, and south through Indochina into the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Java; the populations in Tien Shan comprise summer breeding populations which winter in the western Himalayas.

Six subspecies recognised:

M. c. caeruleus
M. c. temminckii - photo by @Chlidonias



M. c. eugenei - photo by @LaughingDove



M. c. crassirostris - photo by @Ding Lingwei



M. c. dichrorhynchus
M. c. flavirostris
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Ficedula


Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout eastern Asia, from eastern Mongolia, northeast China and the Russian Far East in the north, south into the Korean Peninsula and east-central China; the wintering range of this species extends throughout the Malay Peninsula into Sumatra and Java.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Green-backed Flycatcher (Ficedula elisae)

The summer breeding range of this species is restricted to the Shanxi Plateau and adjacent areas of eastern China; the wintering range of this species extends through southern Thailand into Peninsular Malaysia.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Narcissus Flycatcher (Ficedula narcissina)

The summer breeding range of this species extends from coastal regions of the Russian Far East into Sakhalin and Japan; the wintering range of this species extends from Hainan into the Philippines and northern Borneo.

Monotypic.

Photo by @devilfish




Ryukyu Flycatcher (Ficedula owstoni)

Endemic to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.

Three subspecies recognised:

F. o. jakuschima
F. o. shonis
F. o. owstoni

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Mugimaki Flycatcher (Ficedula mugimaki)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout central and eastern Siberia into northern Mongolia, northeast China, the Russian Far East and North Korea; the wintering range of this species extends patchily from southern China and Indochina into the Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas and Philippines.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Slaty-backed Flycatcher (Ficedula erithacus)

The range of this species extends throughout central and southern China, with wintering populations extending throughout the Himalayas as far west as central Nepal, and south into northeast India, and northern and central Indochina.

Monotypic.

Photo by @vogelcommando




Slaty-blue Flycatcher (Ficedula tricolor)

The summer breeding range of this species extends throughout the Himalayas from northern Pakistan in the west to northeast India and northern Myanmar in the east, and from here throughout central and southern China and northernmost Indochina; populations in northeast India, Myanmar and southernmost China are resident. Wintering populations extend throughout the southern foothills of the Himalayas and northern Indochina.

Four subspecies recognised:

F. t. tricolor
F. t. minuta
F. t. cerviniventris
F. t. diversa

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Snowy-browed Flycatcher (Ficedula hyperythra)

The range of this species extends throughout the central and eastern Himalayas from western Nepal to northeast India and northern Myanmar, and into south-central China and eastern Indochina; populations extend patchily south through the Malay Peninsula and Greater Sundas, to the western Lesser Sundas and Moluccas. Populations in the Himalayas are migratory, breeding in the uplands and wintering in the southern foothills.

Thirteen subspecies recognised:

F. h. hyperythra
F. h. annamensis
F. h. innexa
F. h. sumatrana - photo by @LaughingDove



F. h. mjobergi
F. h. vulcani
F. h. annalisa
F. h. jugosae
F. h. pallidipectus.
F. h. alifura
F. h. negroides
F. h. clarae
F. h. audacis


Pygmy Blue-flycatcher (Ficedula hodgsoni)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a series of disjunct populations throughout southern and southeast Asia; in the central and eastern Himalayas from Nepal to northeast India and northern Myanmar; in southeast Indochina; in the southern Malay Peninsula; and in the montane forests of Sumatra and Borneo. Wintering populations are present in eastern Myanmar and adjacent northwest Thailand.

Two subspecies recognised:

F. h. hodgsoni
F. h. sondaica

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher (Ficedula strophiata)

The range of this species extends throughout the Himalayas from northwest India to northeast India and Bhutan, and from here into south-central China and northwest Myanmar, with a disjunct population in southeast Vietnam; wintering populations are present in southern China and northern Indochina.

Two subspecies recognised:

F. s. strophiata
F. s. fuscogularis

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Sapphire Flycatcher (Ficedula sapphira)

The range of this species extends throughout the eastern Himalayas and south-central Asia, from eastern Nepal, through Bhutan and northeast India into northern Indochina and south-central China; wintering populations are present in northeast India, northwest Thailand and northwest Laos.

Three subspecies recognised:

F. s. sapphira
F. s. laotiana
F. s. tienchuanensis

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Ultramarine Flycatcher (Ficedula superciliaris)

The summer breeding range of this species extends from eastern Afghanistan in the west, throughout the Himalayas to south-central China in the east; populations in central northeast India are resident. Wintering populations of this species extend through the foothills of Himalayas south into peninsular India, and throughout northern Myanmar and adjacent southern China.

Two subspecies recognised:

F. s. superciliaris
F. s. aestigma

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Little Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula westermanni)

The range of this species extends from northwest India in the west, throughout the Himalayas to south-central China in the east, and south through Indochina and the Malay Peninsula into the Greater and Lesser Sundas, the Moluccas and Philippines; wintering populations are present in northeast India and western Myanmar.

Eight subspecies recognised:

F. w. collini
F. w. australorientis
F. w. langbianis
F. w. rabori
F. w. palawanensis
F. w. hasselti
F. w. mayri

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Rusty-tailed Flycatcher (Ficedula ruficauda)

The summer breeding range of this species extends from Tien Shan south to northeast Afghanistan, and east from here throughout the Himalayas to eastern Nepal; wintering populations are present in the Western Ghats of southwest India.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.