Broad-billed Flycatcher
Myiagra ruficollis(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
English (US) Broad-billed Flycatcher
The Broad-billed Flycatcher (Myiagra ruficollis) 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 ruficollis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Broad-billed Flycatcher
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Myiagra ruficollis ruficollis
- Myiagra ruficollis fulviventris
- Myiagra ruficollis mimikae
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Platyrhynchos ruficollis
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
- Type locality
- 'Nouvelle Hollande'; error: Timor, fide Mathews, 1921, Birds Australia, 9, p. 54.
- 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.13
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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