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Hill blue flycatcher

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Hill blue flycatcher
female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Cyornis
Species:
C. whitei
Binomial name
Cyornis whitei
Harington, 1908
Hill Blue Flycatcher, Male

The hill blue flycatcher (Cyornis whitei) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in southern China, northeastern India[2] and Southeast Asia.

Female

It was treated as a subspecies of Cyornis banyumas before molecular phylogenetic studies found them to be distinct.[3]

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2013). "Cyornis banyumas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ Baruah, P.; Dalvi, S.; Hatibaruah, B. (2018). "Notes on field identification, vocalisation, status, and distribution of Large Blue Flycatcher Cyornis magnirostris and Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis banyumas whitei in north-eastern India" (PDF). Indian Birds. 14 (4): 102–108.
  3. ^ Zhang, Zhen; Wang, Xiaoyang; Huang, Yuan; Olsson, Urban; Martinez, Jonathan; Alström, Per; Lei, Fumin (2016). "Unexpected divergence and lack of divergence revealed in continental Asian Cyornis flycatchers (Aves: Muscicapidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 94 (Pt A): 232–241. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.024. PMID 26358612.
Hill blue flycatcher