White-throated Jungle-flycatcher (Vauriella albigularis)

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bourne & Worcester, 1894)

Habitat
Shady lower storeys of lowland and mid-mountain forest. Generally at or below 950 m but occasionally up to perhaps 1,350 m.

Range (Guide)

Philippines (B) (NB).

Panay, Guimaras and Negros, in west-central Philippines.

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
Habitat destruction and degradation through shifting cultivation, charcoal production and timber extraction, illegal logging and harvesting of forest products, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A series of rapid, rising high-pitched 'ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-tip' notes. A series of nearly inaudible pharses of 2-5 syllables 'zeeee-zu-zi-zi' or 'zeeeoo-zi-zu-zi' mixed with churring notes. Single high-pitched whistle notes of 'seee', sometimes repeated, can also be heard.

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White-throated Jungle Flycatcher (Vauriella albigularis) [XC69383]
by Frank Lambert from Negros; Patag, Philippines (song)

White-throated Jungle Flycatcher (Vauriella albigularis) [XC69381]
by Frank Lambert from Negros; Patag, Philippines (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

May form a superspecies with Eyebrowed Jungle-flycatcher (Vauriella gularis), White-browed Jungle-flycatcher (Vauriella insignis) and Slaty-backed Jungle-flycatcher (Vauriella goodfellowi) and all previously regarded as conspecific, but now considered to differ sufficiently to warrant treatment as separate species.

Similar Species
White-vented Whistler (Pachycephala homeyeri) has uniformly pale underparts, lacking white throat and contrasting breast-band.

References
See References.

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