Slaty-backed Flycatcher
Ficedula erithacus(Jerdon, TC; Blyth, E, 1861)
English (US) Slaty-backed Flycatcher
The Slaty-backed Flycatcher (Ficedula erithacus) 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: breeds Himalayas (Nepal to northern Myanmar and southwestern China); winters to southeastern AsiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ficedula erithacus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Slaty-backed Flycatcher
- Described by
- (Jerdon, TC; Blyth, E, 1861)
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Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Siphia erithacus
- Described by
- (Jerdon, TC; Blyth, E, 1861)
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861, pt.2 p.201
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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