Shining Flycatcher
Myiagra alecto(Temminck, CJ, 1827)
English (US) Shining Flycatcher
The Shining Flycatcher (Myiagra alecto) 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 Monarchidae (Monarch Flycatchers, Paradise Flycatchers, and Shrikebills) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Myiagra alecto
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Shining Flycatcher
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1827)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 8 subspecies for this species.
- Myiagra alecto alecto
- Myiagra alecto longirostris
- Myiagra alecto rufolateralis
- Myiagra alecto chalybeocephala
- Myiagra alecto lucida
- Myiagra alecto manumudari
- Myiagra alecto melvillensis
- Myiagra alecto wardelli
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Drymophila alecto
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1827)
- Type locality
- 'Celebes'; error: Ternate, Moluccas, fide Rothschild and Hartert, 1918, Novit. Zool., 25, pp. 315-316.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.72, vol.3 pl.430 fig.1,text
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Restless Flycatcher
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Paperbark Flycatcher
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Velvet Flycatcher
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