Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus)

Other Scientific Names
Eumyias thalassina [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Eumyias thalassina [BirdLife International (2004)]

Other Names (World)
Verditer Flycatcher, Asian Verditer-Flycatcher

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
15 - 17 cm

First Described (Guide)
Swainson, 1838

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest, subtropical and tropical swamp forest. From sea-level - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.

Vagrant to Iran [Islamic Republic of].

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
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (90)...)

Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus) [XC797458]
by David Farrow from Mongar, India (song)

Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus) [XC24672]
by David Edwards from Deo Nui San, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Dull-blue Flycatcher (Eumyias sordidus) and Turquoise Flycatcher (Eumyias panayensis).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

thalassinus Swainson, 1838 - Breeds Himalayas from northern Pakistan east, discontinuously, to north-eastern India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya), central and southern China (southern Xizang east to southern Shaanxi and Hubei, south to Yunnan and Guangdong), Myanmar, Thailand (except central and south) and Indochina. Non-breeding south to central and southern India, Bangladesh, central Myanmar, central Thailand and south-eastern China.
thalassoides (Cabanis, 1850) - Southern Myanmar (southern Tenasserim), southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.

References
See References.

Files:

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