Ultramarine Flycatcher
Ficedula superciliaris(Jerdon, TC, 1840)
English (US) Ultramarine Flycatcher
The Ultramarine Flycatcher (Ficedula superciliaris) 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.
- Scientific name
- Ficedula superciliaris
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Ultramarine Flycatcher
- Described by
- (Jerdon, TC, 1840)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Ficedula superciliaris superciliaris
- Ficedula superciliaris aestigma
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Muscicapa superciliaris
- Described by
- (Jerdon, TC, 1840)
- Type locality
- 'at the edge of the range of northern ghauts = Ajunteh, fide Jerdon, 1862, Birds India, 1, p. 471.
- 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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