Turquoise Flycatcher (Eumyias panayensis)

Other Names (World)
Turquoise Flycatcher, Island Flycatcher, Island Verditer-Flycatcher, Mountain Verditer-flycatcher, Philippine Verditer Flycatcher, Panay Flycatcher (panayensis)

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
14 - 14.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1877)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B), Philippines (B).

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 (37)...)

Turquoise Flycatcher (Eumyias panayensis) [XC269991]
by Brendan Sloan from Luzon; Mt. Polis, Philippines (song)

Turquoise Flycatcher (Eumyias panayensis) [XC152198]
by Mike Nelson from Lore Lindu National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Dull-blue Flycatcher (Eumyias sordidus) and Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus). Population on Sula Is provisionally included within subspecies septentrionalis, but appears to represent an as yet undescribed subspecies.

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

nigrimentalis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1894) - Luzon and Mindoro, in northern Philippines.
panayensis (Sharpe, 1877) - Panay and Negros, in west-central Philippines.
nigriloris (Hartert, 1904) - Mountains of Mindanao (southern Philippines).
septentrionalis (B�ttikofer, 1893) - Northern and central Sulawesi and Sula Is (Taliabu).
meridionalis (B�ttikofer, 1893) - Southern Sulawesi.
obiensis (Hartert, 1912) - Obi, in Moluccas.
harterti (van Oort, 1911) - Seram, in southern Moluccas.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Turquoise Flycatcher (Eumyias panayensis) - 10 files

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