Satin Flycatcher

Myiagra cyanoleuca(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)

English (US) Satin Flycatcher

The Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca) 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.

Range: breeds eastern and southeastern Australia (Wet Tropics region, northern Queensland, to Millicent, southeastern South Australia, Tasmania, and Flinders and King Islands, Bass Strait); winters to New GuineaRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name: Myiagra cyanoleuca
Family: Monarchidae (Monarch Flycatchers, Paradise Flycatchers, and Shrikebills)
Order: Passeriformes
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
English (US): Satin Flycatcher
Described by: (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)

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Taxonomic history

First described as: Platyrhynchos cyanoleucus
Described by: (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
Type locality: Timor; error: Sydney, New South Wales, fide Mathews, 1930, Syst. Avium Australasianarum, p. 502.
Original description: Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 27 p.11

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

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Taxonomic history

Other species of the family Monarch Flycatchers, Paradise Flycatchers, and Shrikebills