Snowy-browed Flycatcher
Ficedula hyperythra
棕胸蓝姬鹟
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
Subspecies (14)
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Ficedula hyperythra alifura
Buru (southern Moluccas)
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Ficedula hyperythra annalisa
northern peninsula of Sulawesi
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Ficedula hyperythra annamensis
Vietnam (Langbian Plateau)
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Ficedula hyperythra audacis
Babar (eastern Lesser Sundas)
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Ficedula hyperythra betinabiru
Taliabu (Sula Islands)
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Ficedula hyperythra clarae
Timor (eastern Lesser Sundas)
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Ficedula hyperythra hyperythra
eastern Himalayas to southern China, Myanmar, northwestern Thailand, and northern Vietnam
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Ficedula hyperythra innexa
Taiwan
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Ficedula hyperythra jugosae
central, southeastern, and southern Sulawesi
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Ficedula hyperythra mjobergi
western Borneo (Poi Mountains)
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Ficedula hyperythra negroides
Seram (southern Moluccas)
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Ficedula hyperythra pallidipectus
Bacan (southern Moluccas)
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Ficedula hyperythra sumatrana
Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo
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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.