Snowy-browed Flycatcher
Wang.QG · CC_BY_4_0 via GBIF
Snowy-browed Flycatcher
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Snowy-browed Flycatcher
Licheng Shih · CC_BY_4_0 via GBIF
Snowy-browed Flycatcher
Licheng Shih · CC_BY_4_0 via GBIF

Snowy-browed Flycatcher

Ficedula hyperythra

棕胸蓝姬鹟

IUCN: Least Concern Found in China

Introduction

A species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It occurs across South and Southeast Asia including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Fourteen subspecies are currently recognized, with distinct geographic distributions ranging from the Himalayas through mainland Southeast Asia to the Indonesian archipelago and islands of the Wallacea region.

Distribution & Habitat

Occurs across South and Southeast Asia from the Himalayas eastward through Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, south to Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Also found on Taiwan. Inhabits subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. The fourteen subspecies show complex geographic patterning with montane populations in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, Moluccas, and the Sula Islands.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Muscicapidae
Genus
Ficedula
eBird Code
snbfly1

Vocalizations

呂一起(Lu i-chi) · CC_BY_4_0
呂一起(Lu i-chi) · CC_BY_4_0
Wich'yanan L · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (14)

  • Ficedula hyperythra alifura

    Buru (southern Moluccas)

  • Ficedula hyperythra annalisa

    northern peninsula of Sulawesi

  • Ficedula hyperythra annamensis

    Vietnam (Langbian Plateau)

  • Ficedula hyperythra audacis

    Babar (eastern Lesser Sundas)

  • Ficedula hyperythra betinabiru

    Taliabu (Sula Islands)

  • Ficedula hyperythra clarae

    Timor (eastern Lesser Sundas)

  • Ficedula hyperythra hyperythra

    eastern Himalayas to southern China, Myanmar, northwestern Thailand, and northern Vietnam

  • Ficedula hyperythra innexa

    Taiwan

  • Ficedula hyperythra jugosae

    central, southeastern, and southern Sulawesi

  • Ficedula hyperythra mjobergi

    western Borneo (Poi Mountains)

  • Ficedula hyperythra negroides

    Seram (southern Moluccas)

  • Ficedula hyperythra pallidipectus

    Bacan (southern Moluccas)

  • Ficedula hyperythra sumatrana

    Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo

  • Ficedula hyperythra vulcani

    Java, Bali and western Lesser Sundas (Lombok, Sumbawa, and Flores)

Data Sources

Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.