Mindanao Jungle Flycatcher
Vauriella goodfellowi
A medium-sized bird of mossy montane forest understory on Mindanao. Large for a flycatcher. Dark brown above, with pale gray-brown chest and sides and a white throat and belly. Note the white spectacles and forehead with a thin black eye-ring and black line connecting the eye and bill. Somewhat similar to Chestnut-tailed Flycatcher, but found at higher elevations and has obvious black-and-white lines in front of the eye. Voice includes high-pitched metallic whistles and a sharp “tsik!”
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Vauriella goodfellowi
- Authority
- (Ogilvie-Grant, 1905)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Turdidae
- Genus
- Vauriella
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
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