Rufous-winged Philentoma
Philentoma pyrhoptera
Ambiguous-looking forest-dweller; loosely resembling a cross between a monarch and a paradise-flycatcher. Some males have warm rufous brown wings and clean white bellies, but--despite the name--some are gray-blue all over. Female is grayish above with an off-white throat and rufous wings and tail. Typically hunts from a perch at lower to middle levels of lowland and hill forests. Song is a pair of whistled notes: “whee-wheeep”. Also chatters harshly.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Philentoma pyrhoptera
- Authority
- (Temminck, 1836)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Vangidae
- Genus
- Philentoma
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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