Fairy Flycatcher
Stenostira scita(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
English (US) Fairy Flycatcher
The Fairy Flycatcher (Stenostira scita) 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 Stenostiridae (Fairy Flycatchers) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Stenostira scita
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Fairy Flycatcher
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Stenostira scita scita
- Stenostira scita saturatior
- Stenostira scita rudebecki
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Muscicapa scita
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
- Type locality
- Lower Orange River ex Levaillant (cf. Lawson, 1962, Durban Mus. Novit., 6, p. 217).
- 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 21 p.474
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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