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Philippine Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis ruficauda Scientific name definitions

Peter Clement and Shawn M. Billerman
Version: 1.0 — Published October 22, 2024
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Introduction

This account summarizes the life history of the Philippine Jungle Flycatcher, including information relating to its identification, systematics, distribution, habitat, diet, vocalizations, breeding ecology, and conservation status.

Subspecies


SUBSPECIES

Cyornis ruficauda samarensis Scientific name definitions

Systematics History

Hypothymis Samarensis Steere, 1890, A List of the Birds and Mammals Collected by the Steere Expedition to the Philippines, p. 16. Type locality given as "Samar, Leyte" (8).

Synonym:

Rhinomyias ruficauda mindanensis Mearns, 1909, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 36:439. Type locality given as "Pantar, Mindanao, Philippine Islands" (9).

Distribution

Samar, Biliran, Leyte, Dinagat, and eastern and central Mindanao, in the eastern and southeastern Philippines.


SUBSPECIES

Cyornis ruficauda boholensis Scientific name definitions

Systematics History

Rhinomyias ruficauda boholensis Rand and Rabor, 1957, Fieldiana Zoology 42(2):14. Type locality given as "Cantaub, Sierra Bullones, Bohol, Philippine Islands" (10).

Distribution

Bohol (south-central Philippines).


SUBSPECIES

Cyornis ruficauda zamboanga Scientific name definitions

Systematics History

Rhinomyias ruficauda zamboanga Rand and Rabor, 1957, Fieldiana Zoology 42(2):15. Type locality given as "Diway, Dabiak, Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippine Islands" (10).

Distribution

Western Mindanao (Zamboanga Peninsula and Mount Matutum).


SUBSPECIES

Cyornis ruficauda ruficauda Scientific name definitions

Systematics History

Setaria ruficauda Sharpe, 1877, Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2(1):327. Type locality given as "Isabella de Basilan" (11).

Synonym:

Rhinomyias ruficauda basilanica Hachisuka, 1932, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 52:110. Type locality given as "Basilan" (12).

Distribution

Basilan.
Distribution of the Philippine Jungle Flycatcher - Range Map
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Distribution of the Philippine Jungle Flycatcher

Map last updated 09 October 2024.

Recommended Citation

Clement, P. and S. M. Billerman (2024). Philippine Jungle Flycatcher (Cyornis ruficauda), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, E. de Juana, and M. G. Smith, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.chtjuf2.01
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