Rufous-winged Philentoma (Philentoma pyrhoptera)

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

Other Names (World)
Rufous-winged Philentoma, Chestnut-winged Flycatcher, Chestnut-winged Monarch

Family
Vangidae (Vangas And Allies)

Size
16.50 - 17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1836)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore (E), Thailand, Vietnam.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (49)...)

Rufous-winged Philentoma (Philentoma pyrhoptera) [XC196813]
by Frank Lambert from Kubah National Park, nr Park HQ, Sarawak, Malaysia (song)

Rufous-winged Philentoma (Philentoma pyrhoptera) [XC407535]
by Peter Ericsson from Sarawak; Sri Aman Division, Batang Ai National Park, Lubang Baya field station, Malaysia (song)

Subspecies
Relationships of genus uncertain. Has been considered, on grounds of DNA-DNA hybridization, to belong with the vangas in the family Vangidae, and also linked with the bush-shrikes in Malaconotidae.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

pyrhoptera (Temminck, 1836) - Extreme southern Myanmar (southern Tenasserim), southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and offshore islands.
dubia Hartert, 1894 - Natuna Is.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rufous-winged Philentoma (Philentoma pyrhoptera) - 10 files

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