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Black-and-orange Flycatcher

Ficedula nigrorufa(Jerdon, TC, 1839)

English (US) Black-and-orange Flycatcher

The Black-and-orange Flycatcher (Ficedula nigrorufa) 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: mountains of southwestern India (western Maharashtra southward to Kerala)Range summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Ficedula nigrorufa
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Black-and-orange Flycatcher
Described by
(Jerdon, TC, 1839)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Saxicola nigrorufa
Described by
(Jerdon, TC, 1839)
Type locality
'summit of the Neilgherries' (= Nilgiris).
Original description
Madras Journal of Literature and Science 10, no.25 p.266

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 352 species of the family Muscicapidae