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 LC    Vanikoro Flycatcher* Id (Atlas):
    Myiagra vanikorensis

Description (10)
Image of Vanikoro Flycatcher
 

Other Names (World)
Vanikoro Flycatcher, Red-bellied Flycatcher, Vanikoro Broadbill, Vanikoro Myiagra Flycatcher

Family
Monarchidae (Monarch-flycatchers)

Size
13 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, heavily degraded former forest, urban areas, arable land.

Range (Guide)
Fiji, Solomon Islands.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A buzzy 'bzzuip-bzzuip'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

 
Vanikoro Flycatcher (Myiagra vanikorensis) [XC148522]
     by Marc Anderson from Bobby's Farm, Nabogiono, Waiyevo, Taveuni, Fiji (alarm call, call)

 
Vanikoro Flycatcher (Myiagra vanikorensis) [XC283199]
     by Matthias Feuersenger from Matana Dive Resort, Kadavu Province, Eastern Division, Fiji (call, waves)

Subspecies
Closely related to and often considered to form a superspecies with Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula), Steel-blue Flycatcher (Myiagra ferrocyanea), Makira Flycatcher (Myiagra cervinicauda), Melanesian Flycatcher (Myiagra caledonica) and Samoan Flycatcher (Myiagra albiventris).

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

  • vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)   -  Santa Cruz Is (Vanikoro), in extreme eastern Solomon Is.
  • rufiventris Elliot, DG, 1859   -  Fiji (except Beqa, Vatulele, Kadavu, Moala Group and Lau Archipelago).
  • kandavensis Mayr, 1933   -  Beqa, Vatulele and Kadavu, in south-western Fiji.
  • dorsalis Mayr, 1933   -  Northern Lau Archipelago and Moala Group (eastern Fiji).
  • townsendi Wetmore, 1919   -  Southern Lau Archipelago (south-eastern Fiji).



References
See References.


Files:
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