Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher
Cyornis brunneatus
Drab and lethargic flycatcher of extensively forested regions; most common in hills and mountain valleys but also ranges into lowlands. Sexes are similar: brown above and white below with tan suffusions on the flanks and neck. Bicolored bill is long with a noticeably hooked tip. Makes sallies from a typically hidden perch to catch insects; generally solitary and unwilling to join mixed flocks. Song, a series of descending whistles, carries well.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Cyornis brunneatus
- Authority
- (Slater, HH, 1897)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Cyornis
Range and habitat
- Breeding range
- OR : se China
- Non-breeding range
- Malay Pen.
- Migration
- Complete migrants
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
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