Rufous-tailed Flycatcher (Myiarchus validus) [XC783595]
by id from Padhouse, Mulleth Hall, Portland Parish, Jamaica (call, song)
Rufous-tailed Flycatcher (Myiarchus validus) [XC426052]
by Rick Bowers from Ecclesdown Road, Portland Parish, Jamaica (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Formerly placed in a monotypic genus, Hylonax (and inadvertently in family Cotingidae), largely on basis of putatively distinctive non-exaspidean tarsus. However, tarsal scutellation variable within present genus. Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA places this species firmly within current genus, as basal sister to a radiation of primarily Caribbean and Central and North American taxa.