Nilgiri Flycatcher
Eumyias albicaudatus(Jerdon, TC, 1840)
English (US) Nilgiri Flycatcher
The Nilgiri Flycatcher (Eumyias albicaudatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Muscicapidae (Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: foothill forest of southwestern peninsular India (Mysore southward to Kerala)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Eumyias albicaudatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Nilgiri Flycatcher
- Described by
- (Jerdon, TC, 1840)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Muscicapa albi-caudata
- Described by
- (Jerdon, TC, 1840)
- Type locality
- Neilgherries (= Nilghiris).
- Original description
- Madras Journal of Literature and Science 11, no.26 p.16
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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