Species of Thailand
Grey-chested jungle flycatcher
Cyornis umbratilis
Hugh Edwin Strickland, 1849
In Thai: นกจับแมลงอกเทา
The grey-chested jungle flycatcher (Cyornis umbratilis) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.
This species was previously placed in the genus Rhinomyias but was moved to Cyornis based on the results of a 2010 molecular phylogenetic study.
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Category / Seasonal Status
Wiki listed status (concerning Thai population): Rare in far south
BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years
BCST Seasonal status: Resident or presumed resident
Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Cyornis
- Species
- Cyornis umbratilis
Common names
- Thai: นกจับแมลงอกเทา
Synonyms
- Muscicapa infuscata, Edward Blyth (1870)
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN3.1)
Near Threatened (BirdLife)
Vulnerable (ONEP)
Photos
Range Map
- Bang Lang National Park
- Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary