The Zoochat Photographic Guide To The Muscicapoidea (Part I) - Old World Flycatchers and Chats

Cyanoptila


Zappey's Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cumatilis)

The breeding range of this species extends throughout central and east-central China; the wintering range of this species extends from the southern Malay Peninsula into the Greater Sundas.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Blue-and-white Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana)

The breeding range of this species extends from northeast China in the west, through the Korean Peninsula and Russian Far East, into Japan in the east; the wintering range of this species extends from eastern Indochina into the Greater Sundas, Philippines and Taiwan.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. c. intermedia
C. c. cyanomelana - photo by @devilfish

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Eumyias


Nilgiri Flycatcher (Eumyias albicaudatus)

Endemic to the southern reaches of the Western Ghats of southwest India.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Rufous-vented Flycatcher (Eumyias ruficrissa)

The range of this species extends throughout Sumatra and north-central Borneo.

Two subspecies recognised:

E. r. ruficrissa
E. r. cerviniventris

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Indigo Flycatcher (Eumyias indigo)

Endemic to Java.

Monotypic.

Photo by @vogelcommando

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Dull-blue Flycatcher (Eumyias sordidus)

Endemic to the highlands of central and southwest Sri Lanka.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus)

The range of this species extends from south-central China, Assam and Bhutan, through Indochina and the Malay Peninsula, into Sumatra and Borneo; summer breeding populations are also present throughout the Himalayas, and wintering populations are distributed throughout much of India, Bangladesh and southeast China.

Two subspecies recognised:

E. t. thalassinus - photo by @Chlidonias

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E. t. thalassoides


Turquoise Flycatcher (Eumyias panayensis)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout the Philippines, Moluccas and Sulawesi in the Greater Sundas.

Seven subspecies recognised:

E. p. nigrimentalis
E. p. panayensis
E. p. nigriloris
E. p. septentrionalis
E. p. meridionalis
E. p. obiensis
E. p. harterti

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Streaky-breasted Jungle-flycatcher (Eumyias additus)

Endemic to Buru in the southern Moluccas.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Anthibes


White-gorgeted Flycatcher (Anthipes monileger)

The range of this species extends from the central Himalayas of Nepal into Bhutan and northeast India, and south from here into south China, northern Myanmar and northern and eastern Indochina.

Three subspecies recognised:

A. m. monileger
A. m. leucops
A. m. gularis

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Rufous-browed Flycatcher (Anthipes solitaris)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution from southeast Indochina into the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.

Three subspecies recognised:

A. s. submoniliger - photo by @LaughingDove

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A. s. malayanus - photo by @Hix

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A. s. solitaris

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Cyornis


Russet-backed Jungle-flycatcher (Cyornis oscillans)

Endemic to Sumbawa and Flores, in the Lesser Sundas.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Sumba Jungle-flycatcher (Cyornis stresemanni)

Endemic to Sumba in the Lesser Sundas.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Nicobar Jungle-flycatcher (Cyornis nicobaricus)

Endemic to the southern Nicobar Islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Brown-chested Jungle-flycatcher (Cyornis brunneatus)

The breeding range of this species extends throughout southeast China, with wintering populations in the southern reaches of the Malay Peninsula.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Fulvous-chested Jungle-flycatcher (Cyornis olivaceus)

The range of this species extends throughout Java, Bali and Sumatra, and patchily into the Malay Peninsula, and Borneo and surrounding offshore islands.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. o. olivaceus
C. o. perolivaceus

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Grey-chested Jungle-flycatcher (Cyornis umbratilis)

The range of this species extends throughout the southern Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Rufous-tailed Jungle-flycatcher (Cyornis ruficauda)

The range of this species extends throughout the southern Philippines and Sulu Archipelago, with disjunct populations in central and northern Borneo.

Seven subspecies recognised:

C. r. samarensis
C. r. boholensis
C. r. zamboanga
C. r. ruficauda
C. r. ocularis
C. r. ruficrissa
C. r. isola

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Henna-tailed Jungle-flycatcher (Cyornis colonus)

The range of this species is restricted to the Sula Islands and Peleng in the Banggai Islands.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. c. pelingensis
C. c. colonus

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Pale Blue-flycatcher (Cyornis unicolor)

The range of this species extends patchily from Assam, northern Myanmar and southern China into Indochina, the Malay Peninsula and the Greater Sundas; summer breeding populations are found through the central and eastern Himalayas.

Three subspecies recognised:

C. u. unicolor
C. u. diaoluoensis
C. u. cyanopolia

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Rück's Blue-flycatcher (Cyornis ruckii)

Known only from four specimens, two trade skins and two specimens collected from northern Sumatra, and not recorded since 1918; as such this species may be extinct.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Blue-breasted Blue-flycatcher (Cyornis herioti)

Endemic to northern and central Luzon in the northern Philippines.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Rufous-breasted Blue-flycatcher (Cyornis camarinensis)

The range of this species extends throughout southern Luzon and Catanduanes in the north-central Philippines.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


White-bellied Blue-flycatcher (Cyornis pallidipes)

Endemic to the Western Ghats of southwest India.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Pale-chinned Flycatcher (Cyornis poliogenys)

The range of this species extends throughout Bangladesh and Assam, extending into western Nepal in the west and northern Myanmar in the east; disjunct populations exist in southern China and the Eastern Ghats of southeast India.

Four subspecies recognised:

C. p. poliogenys
C. p. cachariensis
C. p. laurentei
C. p. vernayi

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Large Blue-flycatcher (Cyornis magnirostris)

The breeding range of this species extends throughout the eastern Himalayas of northeast India and northern Myanmar; the wintering range of the species extends from southern Myanmar in the north, through Peninsular Thailand to western Peninsular Malaysia in the south.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Hill Blue-flycatcher (Cyornis banyumas)

The range of this species extends from northeast Myanmar and south-central China into Indochina and the Malay Peninsula, with disjunct populations in Java and northern Borneo; a wintering population is present in western and central Myanmar.

Seven subspecies recognised:

C. b. whitei
C. b. lekhakuni
C. b. deignani
C. b. coerulifrons
C. b. ligus
C. b. banyumas
C. b. montanus

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

 
Palawan Blue-flycatcher (Cyornis lemprieri)

The range of this species extends throughout Palawan, Balabac and surrounding islands of the western Philippines.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Tickell's Blue-flycatcher (Cyornis tickelliae)

The range of this species extends throughout peninsular India and Sri Lanka, with non-breeding wintering populations present in the central plains of India, and southern Nepal.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. t. tickelliae
C. t. jerdoni

Photo by @vogelcommando

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Indochinese Blue-flycatcher (Cyornis sumatrensis)

The range of this species extends throughout Indochina and the Malay Peninsula.

Three subspecies recognised:

C. s. indochina
C. s. sumatrensis
C. s. lamprus

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Large-billed Blue-flycatcher (Cyornis caerulatus)

The range of this species extends throughout Sumatra and Borneo.

Three subspecies recognised:

C. c. albiventer
C. c. rufifrons
C. c. caerulatus

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Bornean Blue-flycatcher (Cyornis superbus)

Endemic to Borneo.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Chinese Blue-flycatcher (Cyornis glaucicomans)

The breeding range of this species extends throughout southern and south-central China; wintering populations extend throughout the Malay Peninsula.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Hainan Blue-flycatcher (Cyornis hainanus)

The range of this species extends from east-central Myanmar in the west, through southern China to Hainan Island in the east, and south throughout Indochina to northern Peninsular Thailand.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. h. hainanus
C. h. klossi

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Blue-throated Blue-flycatcher (Cyornis rubeculoides)

The range of this species extends from Assam and northern Myanmar in the north, throughout western and central Myanmar to northern Thailand in the south; summer breeding populations are present throughout the Himalayas from northeast Pakistan to Bhutan and Assam, and scattered wintering populations are present in central Myanmar, Bangladesh, the Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka.

Three subspecies are recognised:

C. r. rubeculoides
C. r. dialilaemus
C. r. rogersi

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Malay Blue-flycatcher (Cyornis turcosus)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout the southern Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Giant Panda

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Mangrove Blue-flycatcher (Cyornis rufigastra)

The range of this species extends throughout the coastal mangroves of the Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas and Philippines.

Eight subspecies recognised:

C. r. rufigastra
C. r. karimatensis
C. r. rhizophorae
C. r. longipennis
C. r. simplex
C. r. mindorensis
C. r. marinduquensis
C. r. philippinensis

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Sulawesi Blue-flycatcher (Cyornis omissus)

Endemic to Sulawesi and surrounding offshore islands.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. o. omissus
C. o. peromissus

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Tanahjampea Blue-flycatcher (Cyornis djampeanus)

Endemic to Kalao and Tanahjampea, south of Sulawesi.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. d. djampeanus
C. d. kalaoensis

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Timor Blue-flycatcher (Cyornis hyacinthinus)

The range of this species extends throughout Wetar, Timor, Roti and Semau in the eastern Lesser Sundas.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. h. kuehni
C. h. hyacinthinus

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Blue-fronted Flycatcher (Cyornis hoevelli)

Endemic to central and southeast Sulawesi.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Matinan Flycatcher (Cyornis sanfordi)

Endemic to the Matinan Peninsula of northeast Sulawesi.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


White-tailed Flycatcher (Cyornis concretus)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout southeast Asia, from northeast India, northern Myanmar and southern China in the north, through northeast Indochina and the Malay Peninsula, to western Sumatra and Borneo in the south.

Three subspecies recognised:

C. c. cyaneus
C. c. concretus
C. c. everetti

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Xenocopsychus


Angola Cave-chat (Xenocopsychus ansorgei)

The range of this species is restricted to a patchy distribution in western Angola, extending to northwest Namibia.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

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Dessonornis


Cape Robin-chat (Dessonornis caffer)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout eastern and southern Africa, from southern South Sudan and northern Uganda in the north to eastern and southern South Africa in the south, and extending north from the Western Cape to southwest Namibia.

Four subspecies recognised:

D. c. iolaemus
D. c. kivuensis - photo by @Hix

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D. c. namaquensis
D. c. caffer - photo by @ro6ca66

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Mbulu Robin-chat (Dessonornis mbuluensis)

Endemic to the Mbulu Highlands of north-central Tanzania.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Rusty-flanked Robin-chat (Dessonornis macclounii)

The range of this species is restricted to central and southwest Tanzania, and adjacent northeast Zambia.

Two subspecies recognised:

D. m. grotei
D. m. macclounii

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Olive-flanked Robin-chat (Dessonornis anomalus)

The range of this species is restricted to Mt Mulanje in southern Malawi, and Mt Namuli and Mt Chiperone in northern Mozambique.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Archer's Robin-chat (Dessonornis archeri)

The range of this species is restricted to the mountain forests of the Albertine Rift, extending through southwest Uganda, western Rwanda, Burundi and eastern DRC.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


White-throated Robin-chat (Dessonornis humeralis)

The range of this species extends throughout southeast Africa, from Zimbabwe and southeast Botswana in the west to northeast South Africa and adjacent southern Mozambique.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Erithacus


European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)

The range of this species extends throughout western and southern Europe into Asia Minor, the Caucasus and northern Iran; summer breeding populations extend into central and eastern Europe, the Middle East and southwest Siberia and wintering populations are patchily present in the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.

Eight subspecies recognised:

E. r. melophilus - photo by @Nisha

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E. r. rubecula - photo by @Maguari

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E. r. tataricus
E. r. superbus - photo by @Vision

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E. r. witherbyi
E. r. valens
E. r. caucasicus
E. r. hyrcanus - photo by @fofo

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Pogonocichla


White-starred Robin (Pogonocichla stellata)

The range of this species extends throughout eastern and southeast Africa, from northeast DRC and southern South Sudan to eastern and southern South Africa.

Twelve subspecies recognised:

P. s. pallidiflava.
P. s. ruwenzorii - photo by @ronnienl

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P. s. elgonensis
P. s. intensa
P. s. macarthuri
P. s. helleri
P. s. guttifer
P. s. orientalis
P. s. hygrica
P. s. chirindensis
P. s. transvaalensis
P. s. stellata
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Oreocossypha


Mountain Robin-chat (Oreocossypha isabellae)

The range of this species is limited to eastern Nigeria and adjacent western Cameroon.

Two subspecies recognised:

O. i. batesi
O. i. isabellae

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

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Cossyphicula


White-bellied Robin-chat (Cossyphicula roberti)

The range of this species comprises a pair of widely-disjunct populations; in eastern Nigeria and adjacent western Cameroon, and Bioko Island; and in the mountain forests of the Albertine Rift, extending through southwest Uganda, western Rwanda and eastern DRC.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. r. roberti
C. r. rufescentior

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Swynnertonia


Swynnerton's Robin (Swynnertonia swynnertoni)

The range of this species is restricted to a handful of small and widely-disjunct populations; in the montane forests of northeast and central Tanzania; and scattered throughout the montane forests of eastern Zimbabwe and north-central Mozambique.

Two subspecies recognised:

S. s. rodgersi
S. s. swynnertoni

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Chamaetylas


Red-throated Alethe (Chamaetylas poliophrys)

The range of this species extends throughout the mountain forests of the Albertine Rift, extending through southwest Uganda, western Rwanda, Burundi and eastern DRC.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. p. poliophrys
C. p. kaboboensis

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Brown-chested Alethe (Chamaetylas poliocephala)

The range of this species extends in a highly-fragmented and patchy distribution throughout western and central Africa; from southwest Guinea and Sierra Leone in the west to southwest Central African Republic and northwest DRC in the east, and south to northwest Angola; and throughout northeast DRC and the Albertine Rift into Uganda, southern South Sudan, Kenya and western Tanzania.

Nine subspecies recognised:

C. p. poliocephala
C. p. compsonota
C. p. hallae
C. p. giloensis
C. p. carruthersi
C. p. akeleyae
C. p. vandeweghei
C. p. kungwensis
C. p. ufipae

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


White-chested Alethe (Chamaetylas fuelleborni)

The range of this species extends from northeast Tanzania into northeast Zambia and northern Malawi, with a disjunct population in east-central Mozambique.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Thyolo Alethe (Chamaetylas choloensis)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout southern and southeast Malawi and adajacent north-central Mozambique.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. c. choloensis
C. c. namuli

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Cossypha


Blue-shouldered Robin-chat (Cossypha cyanocampter)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout western and central Africa, from eastern Guinea and Sierra Leone in the west, through the Congo Basin to northeast DRC, Uganda and southern South Sudan in the east.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. c. cyanocampter
C. c. bartteloti

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Rüppell's Robin-chat (Cossypha semirufa)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout northeast Africa, from Eritrea in the north, through western and central Ethiopia and Kenya, to northern Tanzania in the south.

Three subspecies recognised:

C. s. semirufa
C. s. donaldsoni
C. s. intercedens

Photograph by @TeaLovingDave

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White-browed Robin-chat (Cossypha heuglini)

The range of this species extends throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, absent only from West Africa and southern Africa beyond northern Botswana in the west and northeast South Africa in the east, and only patchily present within the Congo Basin.

Three subspecies recognised:

C. h. subrufescens
C. h. heuglini - photo by @Eagle

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C. h. intermedia


Red-capped Robin-chat (Cossypha natalensis)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout much of eastern Africa, from southwest Ethiopia in the north to eastern South Africa in the south, and also west into Angola, southern DRC and Congo, with disjunct populations in the Central African Republic, Nigeria and South Sudan.

Three subspecies recognised:

C. n. larischi
C. n. intensa
C. n. natalensis

Photo by @vogelcommando

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Chorister Robin-chat (Cossypha dichroa)

The range of this species is restricted to the extreme southeast of Africa, from Swaziland and northern South Africa to the extreme east of Lesotho and the Cape,

Two subspecies recognised:

C. d. mimica
C. d. dichroa

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


White-headed Robin-chat (Cossypha heinrichi)

The range of this species is restricted to a pair of highly-disjunct populations in southwest DRC and northern Angola.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Snowy-crowned Robin-chat (Cossypha niveicapilla)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout west and central Africa, from south-central Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia in the west to southern Sudan and western Ethiopia, south through the Congo Basin to northern Angola, and in the east of the range to the Albertine Rift and northwest Tanzania.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Goura

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White-crowned Robin-chat (Cossypha albicapillus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Sahel of Africa from Senegal and Gambia in the west to the northern Central African Republic in the east, with a disjunct population present in southeast South Sudan and southwest Ethiopia.

Three subspecies recognised:

C. a. albicapillus
C. a. giffardi - photo by @Goura

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C. a. omoensis
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Rüppell's Robin-chat (Cossypha semirufa)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout northeast Africa, from Eritrea in the north, through western and central Ethiopia and Kenya, to northern Tanzania in the south.

Three subspecies recognised:

C. s. semirufa
C. s. donaldsoni
C. s. intercedens

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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This taxon is present and breeding at Zoo Wroclaw in the Afrykarium - so I suspect there is potential for someone, somewhere to have photographed this one!
 
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