Master List | IOC World Bird List - Chats, Old World Flycatchers

IOC English Name

Scientific Name

Range

Comments

ORDER PASSERIFORMES

PHY : The Passeriformes, or perching birds, include the majority of world bird species; parrots are the sister group of the perching birds (Hackett et al. 2008)

Chats, Old World Flycatchers (298)

Family Muscicapidae

White-starred Robin

Pogonocichla stellata (Vieillot, 1818)

AF : e, se

P. s. pallidiflava Cunningham-van Someren & Schifter, 1981

s Sudan

P. s. intensa Sharpe, 1901

n and c Kenya, n Tanzania

P. s. ruwenzorii (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906)

ne DR Congo, sw Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi

P. s. elgonensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1911)

Mt. Elgon (Uganda - Kenya border)

P. s. guttifer (Reichenow & Neumann, 1895)

Mt. Kilimanjaro (n Tanzania)

P. s. macarthuri van Someren, 1939

Chyulu Hills (se Kenya)

P. s. helleri Mearns, 1913

Taita Hills (se Kenya) and ne Tanzania

P. s. orientalis (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884)

w, e and s Tanzania, Malawi and n Mozambique

P. s. hygrica Clancey, 1969

w Mozambique

P. s. chirindensis (Roberts, 1914)

e Zimbabwe

P. s. transvaalensis (Roberts, 1912)

n South Africa

P. s. stellata (Vieillot, 1818)

e and s South Africa

Swynnerton's Robin

Swynnertonia swynnertoni (Shelley, 1906)

AF : se

S. s. swynnertoni (Shelley, 1906)

e Zimbabwe and w Mozambique

S. s. rodgersi Jensen & Stuart, 1982

c Tanzania

Forest Robin

Stiphrornis erythrothorax Hartlaub, 1855

AF : w, c Africa

AL : Stiphrornis erythrothorax includes ssp pyrrholaemus, gabonensis, xanthogaster, sanghensis (BLI, cf Schmidt et al. 2008)

S. e. erythrothorax Hartlaub, 1855

Sierra Leone to s Nigeria

S. e. pyrrholaemus Schmidt & Angehr, 2008

sw Gabon

S. e. gabonensis Sharpe, 1883

w Cameroon to w Gabon, Bioko I.

S. e. xanthogaster Sharpe, 1903

se Cameroon and ne Gabon to s Uganda

S. e. sanghensis Beresford & Cracraft, 1999

sw Central African Republic

Bocage's Akalat

Sheppardia bocagei (Finsch & Hartlaub, 1870)

AF : sc

ENG : Change English name of Sheppardia bocagei from Bocage‘s Robin to Bocage‘s Akalat to conform to current usage (Keith, Urban, Fry 1992, Dickinson 2003)

S. b. granti (Serle, 1949)

se Nigeria and w Cameroon

S. b. poensis (Alexander, 1903)

Bioko I.

S. b. kungwensis (Moreau, 1941)

Mt. Kungwe (w Tanzania)

S. b. ilyai (Prigogine, 1987)

e of Mt. Kungwe (w Tanzania)

S. b. kaboboensis (Prigogine, 1955)

Mt. Kabobo (e DR Congo)

S. b. schoutedeni (Prigogine, 1952)

e DR Congo

S. b. chapini (Benson, 1955)

se DR Congo, sw Tanzania and n Zambia

S. b. bocagei (Finsch & Hartlaub, 1870)

w Angola

Lowland Akalat

Sheppardia cyornithopsis (Sharpe, 1901)

AF : w, c

S. c. houghtoni Bannerman, 1931

Sierra Leone, s Guinea, Liberia and w Ivory Coast

S. c. cyornithopsis (Sharpe, 1901)

s Cameroon and sw Central African Republic to Gabon and Congo

S. c. lopezi (Alexander, 1907)

n and e DR Congo, w and s Uganda

Equatorial Akalat

Sheppardia aequatorialis (Jackson, 1906)

AF : e, c

S. a. acholiensis Macdonald, 1940

s Sudan

S. a. aequatorialis (Jackson, 1906)

e DR Congo, s Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and w Kenya

Sharpe's Akalat

Sheppardia sharpei (Shelley, 1903)

AF : Tanzania, Malawi

S. s. usambarae Macdonald, 1940

e and ne Tanzania

S. s. sharpei (Shelley, 1903)

s Tanzania, n Malawi and ne Zambia

East Coast Akalat

Sheppardia gunningi Haagner, 1909

AF : e, se

S. g. sokokensis (van Someren, 1921)

se Kenya and ne Tanzania

S. g. alticola Fjeldsĺ, Roy & Kiure, 2000

e Tanzania

S. g. bensoni Kinnear, 1938

nc Malawi

S. g. gunningi Haagner, 1909

c Mozambique

Gabela Akalat

Sheppardia gabela (Rand, 1957)

AF : Angola

Rubeho Akalat

Sheppardia aurantiithorax Beresford et al, 2004

AF : Tanzania

Usambara Akalat

Sheppardia montana (Reichenow, 1907)

AF : Tanzania

Iringa Akalat

Sheppardia lowei (Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1941)

AF : Tanzania

European Robin

Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU : w, c

E. r. melophilus Hartert, 1901

British Isles

E. r. rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758)

continental Europe to Ural Mts., w Turkey, islands in e Atlantic and nw Morocco

E. r. superbus Koenig, AF, 1889

c Canary Is.

E. r. witherbyi Hartert, 1910

n Algeria and n Tunisia

E. r. valens Portenko, 1954

s Crimea (s Ukraine)

E. r. caucasicus Buturlin, 1907

e Turkey and the Caucasus

E. r. hyrcanus Blanford, 1874

se Azerbaijan and n Iran

E. r. tataricus Grote, 1928

Ural Mts. and sw Siberia

Japanese Robin

Erithacus akahige (Temminck, 1835)

EU : e

E. a. akahige (Temminck, 1835)

Sakhalin, Kuril Is. and Japan

E. a. tanensis Kuroda, 1923

Izu Is. and islands off s Kyushu (s Japan)

Ryukyu Robin

Erithacus komadori (Temminck, 1835)

EU : islands s of Japan

E. k. komadori (Temminck, 1835)

n Ryukyu Is.

E. k. namiyei (Stejneger, 1886)

Okinawa I.

Bluethroat

Luscinia svecica (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU : widespread, also w Alaska

L. s. svecica (Linnaeus, 1758)

n Europe, n Asia, n Alaska and nw Canada

L. s. namnetum Mayaud, 1934

sw and c France

L. s. cyanecula (Meisner, 1804)

Netherlands, e France and c Spain to Belarus and nw Ukraine

L. s. volgae (Kleinschmidt, O, 1907)

ne Ukraine, c and e European Russia

L. s. magna (Zarudny & Loudon, 1904)

e Turkey, the Caucasus and n Iran

L. s. pallidogularis (Zarudny, 1897)

Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan

L. s. abbotti (Richmond, 1896)

n Afghanistan, n Pakistan and the nw Himalayas

L. s. saturatior (Sushkin, 1925)

mountains of c Asia

L. s. kobdensis (Tugarinov, 1929)

w Mongolia and w China

L. s. przevalskii (Tugarinov, 1929)

c China

Siberian Rubythroat

Luscinia calliope (Pallas, 1776)

EU : c, e

L. c. calliope (Pallas, 1776)

Siberia, n Mongolia, ne China and n Korea

L. c. camtschatkensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Kamchatka, Commander and Kuril Is., n Japan

L. c. beicki Meise, 1937

nc China

White-tailed Rubythroat

Luscinia pectoralis (Gould, 1837)

OR : Tien Shan to Himalayas, c China

L. p. ballioni Severtsov, 1873

mountains of c Asia and ne Afghanistan

L. p. pectoralis (Gould, 1837)

e Afghanistan and nw Himalayas to c Nepal

L. p. confusa Hartert, 1910

Nepal to Bhutan

L. p. tschebaiewi (Przewalski, 1876)

Kashmir, Tibet, c China and n Burma

Rufous-headed Robin

Luscinia ruficeps (Hartert, 1907)

EU : nc China

Blackthroat

Luscinia obscura (Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891)

EU : nc China

Firethroat

Luscinia pectardens (David, 1871)

EU : c China

Indian Blue Robin

Luscinia brunnea (Hodgson, 1837)

OR : Himalayas to c China

L. b. brunnea (Hodgson, 1837)

e Afghanistan and the Himalayas to c China

L. b. wickhami (Baker, ECS, 1916)

w Burma

Siberian Blue Robin

Luscinia cyane (Pallas, 1776)

EU : e

L. c. bochaiensis (Shulpin, 1928)

sc Siberia and n Mongolia

L. c. cyane (Pallas, 1776)

e Siberia, ne China and Korea

L. c. nechaevi Red'kin, 2006

Sakhalin, s Kuril and Japanese islands

Rufous-tailed Robin

Luscinia sibilans (Swinhoe, 1863)

EU : e

Thrush Nightingale

Luscinia luscinia (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU : n, c

Common Nightingale

Luscinia megarhynchos Brehm, CL, 1831

EU : c, w

L. m. megarhynchos Brehm, CL, 1831

w and c Europe to c Turkey and south to Jordan

L. m. africana (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884)

e Turkey, the Caucasus and n and sw Iran

L. m. hafizi Severtsov, 1873

e Iran to Kazakhstan, sw Mongolia and nw China

White-browed Bush Robin

Tarsiger indicus (Vieillot, 1817)

OR : Himalayas to sc China, Taiwan

T. i. indicus (Vieillot, 1817)

c and e Himalayas

T. i. yunnanensis Rothschild, 1922

n Burma, s China and n Vietnam

T. i. formosanus Hartert, 1910

Taiwan

Rufous-breasted Bush Robin

Tarsiger hyperythrus (Blyth, 1847)

OR : Himalayas to sc China

Collared Bush Robin

Tarsiger johnstoniae (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906)

OR : Taiwan

Red-flanked Bluetail

Tarsiger cyanurus (Pallas, 1773)

EU : n Eurasia from Finland to Japan

Himalayan Bluetail

Tarsiger rufilatus (Hodgson, 1845)

OR : w Himalayas to c China

AS : Tarsiger rufilatus is split from T. cyanurus (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005)

Golden Bush Robin

Tarsiger chrysaeus Hodgson, 1845

OR : Himalayas to c China

T. c. whistleri Ticehurst, 1922

nw Himalayas

T. c. chrysaeus Hodgson, 1845

c and e Himalayas to c China and n Burma

White-throated Robin

Irania gutturalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)

EU : sc

White-bellied Robin-Chat

Cossyphicula roberti (Alexander, 1903)

AF : c

C. r. roberti (Alexander, 1903)

e Nigeria, w Cameroon, Bioko I.

C. r. rufescentior (Hartert, 1908)

e DR Congo, sw Uganda and Rwanda

Mountain Robin-Chat

Cossypha isabellae Gray, GR, 1862

AF : wc

ENG : Change English name of Cossypha isabellae to Mountain Robin-Chat to follow Birds of Africa

C. i. batesi (Bannerman, 1922)

e Nigeria and w Cameroon

C. i. isabellae Gray, GR, 1862

Mt. Cameroon (sw Cameroon)

Archer's Ground Robin

Cossypha archeri Sharpe, 1902

AF : ec

C. a. archeri Sharpe, 1902

e DR Congo, sw Uganda, w Rwanda and w Burundi

C. a. kimbutui (Prigogine, 1955)

Mt. Kabobo (e DR Congo)

Olive-flanked Ground Robin

Cossypha anomala (Shelley, 1893)

AF : se

C. a. grotei (Reichenow, 1932)

e and s Tanzania

C. a. anomala (Shelley, 1893)

Mt. Mulanje (s Malawi) and Mt. Namuli (n Mozambique)

C. a. macclounii (Shelley, 1903)

sw Tanzania, n Malawi and ne Zambia

C. a. mbuluensis (Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1937)

nc Tanzania

Cape Robin-Chat

Cossypha caffra (Linnaeus, 1771)

AF : e, se, s

C. c. iolaema Reichenow, 1900

s Sudan to Malawi and n Mozambique

C. c. kivuensis Schouteden, 1937

sw Uganda and e DR Congo

C. c. caffra (Linnaeus, 1771)

Zimbabwe and n, e and s South Africa

C. c. namaquensis Sclater, WL, 1911

s Namibia, w and c South Africa

White-throated Robin-Chat

Cossypha humeralis (Smith, A, 1836)

AF : se

Grey-winged Robin-Chat

Cossypha polioptera Reichenow, 1892

AF : w, c

C. p. polioptera Reichenow, 1892

s Sudan to w Kenya, nw Tanzania, s DR Congo, nw Zambia and Angola

C. p. nigriceps Reichenow, 1910

Sierra Leone and Liberia to c Cameroon

C. p. tessmanni Reichenow, 1921

e Cameroon

Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat

Cossypha cyanocampter (Bonaparte, 1850)

AF : w, c

C. c. cyanocampter (Bonaparte, 1850)

sw Mali, e Guinea and Sierra Leone to Gabon

C. c. bartteloti Shelley, 1890

ne DR Congo, s Sudan, Uganda and w Kenya

Rüppell's Robin-Chat

Cossypha semirufa (Rüppell, 1837)

AF : e

C. s. semirufa (Rüppell, 1837)

Eritrea, s and w Ethiopia, se Sudan and n Kenya

C. s. donaldsoni Sharpe, 1895

e Ethiopia and nw Somalia

C. s. intercedens (Cabanis, 1878)

c and se Kenya, n Tanzania

White-browed Robin-Chat

Cossypha heuglini Hartlaub, 1866

AF : c, e, s

C. h. subrufescens Barboza du Bocage, 1869

Gabon to w Angola

C. h. heuglini Hartlaub, 1866

s Chad and s Sudan south to e Angola, Botswana and n South Africa

C. h. intermedia (Cabanis, 1868)

s Somalia along the coast to ne South Africa

Red-capped Robin-Chat

Cossypha natalensis Smith, A, 1840

AF : c, e, s

C. n. larischi Meise, 1958

Nigeria to n Angola

C. n. intensa Mearns, 1913

se Central African Republic to s Somalia south to e Angola and ne South Africa

C. n. natalensis Smith, A, 1840

e South Africa

Chorister Robin-Chat

Cossypha dichroa (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

AF : South Africa

C. d. dichroa (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Swaziland and s South Africa

C. d. mimica Clancey, 1981

n South Africa

White-headed Robin-Chat

Cossypha heinrichi Rand, 1955

AF : wc

Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat

Cossypha niveicapilla (Lafresnaye, 1838)

AF : w, c

White-crowned Robin-Chat

Cossypha albicapillus (Vieillot, 1818)

AF : w, c, e

TAX : CORRECT gender agreement; original specific epithet albicapillus is invariable. (N David, H&M corrigenda 2.1)

C. a. albicapillus (Vieillot, 1818)

Senegal and Gambia to ne Guinea

C. a. giffardi Hartert, 1899

s Mali and n Ivory Coast to n Cameroon and s Chad

C. a. omoensis Sharpe, 1900

se Sudan and sw Ethiopia

Angola Cave Chat

Xenocopsychus ansorgei Hartert, 1907

AF : Angola

Collared Palm Thrush

Cichladusa arquata Peters, W, 1863

AF : e

Rufous-tailed Palm Thrush

Cichladusa ruficauda (Hartlaub, 1857)

AF : wc

Spotted Palm Thrush

Cichladusa guttata (Heuglin, 1862)

AF : e

C. g. guttata (Heuglin, 1862)

s Sudan, ne DR Congo, Uganda and nw Kenya

C. g. intercalans Clancey, 1986

sw Ethiopia to c Kenya and c Tanzania

C. g. rufipennis Sharpe, 1901

s Somalia, e Kenya and ne Tanzania

Forest Scrub Robin

Erythropygia leucosticta (Sharpe, 1883)

AF : w, c

E. l. colstoni (Tye, 1991)

Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivcory Coast

E. l. leucosticta (Sharpe, 1883)

Ghana

E. l. collsi Alexander, 1907

se Central African Republic, ne DR Congo and w Uganda

E. l. reichenowi Hartert, 1907

w Angola

Miombo Scrub Robin

Erythropygia barbata (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870)

AF : sc

Bearded Scrub Robin

Erythropygia quadrivirgata (Reichenow, 1879)

AF : e, se, s

E. q. quadrivirgata (Reichenow, 1879)

Somalia to ne Namibia and e South Africa

E. q. greenwayi Moreau, 1938

Zanzibar and Mafia Is. (off Tanzania)

Brown Scrub Robin

Erythropygia signata (Sundevall, 1850)

AF : se, s

E. s. tongensis (Roberts, 1931)

s Mozambique and e South Africa

E. s. signata (Sundevall, 1850)

c and se South Africa

Brown-backed Scrub Robin

Erythropygia hartlaubi Reichenow, 1891

AF : c

White-browed Scrub Robin

Erythropygia leucophrys (Vieillot, 1817)

AF : c, e, s

E. l. leucoptera (Rüppell, 1845)

s Sudan, s Ethiopia, n Somalia and n Kenya

E. l. eluta Bowen, 1934

s Somalia and ne Kenya

E. l. vulpina Reichenow, 1891

e Kenya and e Tanzania

E. l. brunneiceps Reichenow, 1891

c and s Kenya, n Tanzania

E. l. sclateri Grote, 1930

c Tanzania

E. l. zambesiana Sharpe, 1882

n and e DR Congo and s Sudan to w Kenya, e Zimbabwe and n Mozambique

E. l. munda (Cabanis, 1880)

s Gabon to c Angola and w DR Congo

E. l. ovamboensis Neumann, 1920

s Angola and n Namibia to sw Zambia and w Zimbabwe

E. l. simulator Clancey, 1964

s Mozambique

E. l. leucophrys (Vieillot, 1817)

s Zimbabwe, n and e South Africa

Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin

Erythropygia galactotes (Temminck, 1820)

EU : sc, sw

E. g. galactotes (Temminck, 1820)

Iberian Pen., n Africa, Israel and sw Syria

E. g. syriaca (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833)

Balkans to w and s Turkey, w Syria and Lebanon

E. g. familiaris (Ménétries, 1832)

se Turkey, Iraq and n and ne Arabia to s Kazakhstan, e Afghanistan and w Pakistan

E. g. minor (Cabanis, 1850)

Senegal and Gambia to n Somalia

E. g. hamertoni Ogilvie-Grant, 1906

e Somalia

Kalahari Scrub Robin

Erythropygia paena Smith, A, 1836

AF : sc, sw

E. p. benguellensis Hartert, 1907

sw Angola

E. p. paena Smith, A, 1836

Botswana and nc South Africa

E. p. damarensis Hartert, 1907

Namibia

E. p. oriens Clancey, 1957

s Zimbabwe and n South Africa

Karoo Scrub Robin

Erythropygia coryphoeus (Vieillot, 1817)

AF : sw

E. c. coryphoeus (Vieillot, 1817)

s Namibia, w abd c South Africa

E. c. cinerea Macdonald, 1952

sw South Africa

Black Scrub Robin

Cercotrichas podobe (Statius Müller, 1776)

AF : ne

C. p. podobe (Statius Müller, 1776)

s Mauritania and n Senegal to ne Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia

C. p. melanoptera (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833)

w, c and s Arabian Pen.

Herero Chat

Namibornis herero (Meyer de Schauensee, 1931)

AF : sw

Madagascar Magpie-Robin

Copsychus albospecularis (Eydoux & Gervais, 1836)

AF : Madagascar

C. a. pica Pelzeln, 1858

w and n Madagascar

C. a. albospecularis (Eydoux & Gervais, 1836)

ne Madagascar

C. a. inexspectatus Richmond, 1897

ec to se Madagascar

Seychelles Magpie-Robin

Copsychus sechellarum Newton, A, 1865

IO : Seychelles Islands

Oriental Magpie-Robin

Copsychus saularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

OR : widespread

C. s. saularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

ne Pakistan, n, c and w India

C. s. ceylonensis Sclater, PL, 1861

s India and Sri Lanka

C. s. erimelas Oberholser, 1923

ne India to Thailand and Indochina

C. s. andamanensis Hume, 1874

Andaman Is.

C. s. prosthopellus Oberholser, 1923

s and e China, Hainan I. (off se China)

C. s. musicus (Raffles, 1822)

Malay Pen., Sumatra, Belitung and Bangka Is., w Java, and s and w Borneo

C. s. zacnecus Oberholser, 1912

Simeuluë I. (off nw Sumatra)

C. s. nesiarchus Oberholser, 1923

Nias I. (off nw Sumatra)

C. s. masculus Ripley, 1943

Batu I. (off w Sumatra)

C. s. pagiensis Richmond, 1902

Mentawai I. (off w Sumatra)

C. s. amoenus (Horsfield, 1821)

e Java and Bali

C. s. adamsi Elliot, 1890

n Borneo and Banggi I.

C. s. pluto Bonaparte, 1850

Maratua I., e and se Borneo

Philippine Magpie-Robin

Copsychus mindanensis (Boddaert, 1783)

OR : Philippines

AS : Philippine Magpie-Robin C.mindanensis is split from Oriental Magpie-Robin C. saularis (Sheldon et al 2011)

White-rumped Shama

Copsychus malabaricus (Scopoli, 1786)

OR : widespread

C. m. malabaricus (Scopoli, 1786)

w and s India

C. m. leggei (Whistler, 1941)

Sri Lanka

C. m. interpositus (Robinson & Kloss, 1922)

Nepal and n India to s China and Indochina

C. m. macrourus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Con Son I. (off s Vietnam)

C. m. tricolor (Vieillot, 1818)

w Malaysia, Sumatra, Java and nearby islands to the east

C. m. melanurus (Salvadori, 1887)

islands to the west of Sumatra

C. m. mirabilis Hoogerwerf, 1962

Prinsen I. (between Sumatra and Java)

C. m. nigricauda (Vorderman, 1893)

Kangean I. (ne of Java)

C. m. suavis Sclater, PL, 1861

Borneo (except n)

Andaman Shama

Copsychus albiventris (Blyth, 1859)

OR : Andaman Is.

AS : Andaman ShamaCopsychus albiventris is split from White-rumped C. malabaricus (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005)

White-crowned Shama

Copsychus stricklandii Motley & Dillwyn, 1855

OR : Borneo

C. s. stricklandii Motley & Dillwyn, 1855

n Borneo and Banggi I.

C. s. barbouri (Bangs & Peters, JL, 1927)

Maratua Is. (ne of Borneo)

White-browed Shama

Copsychus luzoniensis (Kittlitz, 1832)

OR : Philippines

C. l. luzoniensis (Kittlitz, 1832)

Luzon and Catanduanes

C. l. parvimaculatus (McGregor, 1910)

Polillo

C. l. shemleyi duPont, 1976

Marinduque

C. l. superciliaris (Bourns & Worcester, 1894)

Ticao, Masbate, Negros and Panay

White-vented Shama

Copsychus niger (Sharpe, 1877)

OR : Philippines

Black Shama

Copsychus cebuensis (Steere, 1890)

OR : Philippines

Rufous-tailed Shama

Trichixos pyrropygus Lesson, 1839

OR : Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo

Indian Robin

Saxicoloides fulicatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

OR : India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

S. f. cambaiensis (Latham, 1790)

Pakistan, n and w India, Nepal

S. f. erythrurus (Lesson, 1831)

ne India

S. f. intermedius Whistler & Kinnear, 1932

c India

S. f. fulicatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

s India

S. f. leucopterus (Lesson, 1840)

Sri Lanka

Przevalski's Redstart

Phoenicurus alaschanicus (Przewalski, 1876)

EU : nc China

Eversmann's Redstart

Phoenicurus erythronotus (Eversmann, 1841)

EU : c Asia

Blue-capped Redstart

Phoenicurus coeruleocephala (Vigors, 1831)

EU : e Afghanistan to c Himalayas

Black Redstart

Phoenicurus ochruros (Gmelin, SG, 1774)

EU, OR : w EU to c China

P. o. gibraltariensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Europe and nw Africa

P. o. ochruros (Gmelin, SG, 1774)

Turkey to the Caucasus and nw Iran

P. o. semirufus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833)

w Syria, Lebanon and ne Israel

P. o. phoenicuroides (Moore, F, 1854)

s Russia to se Kazakhstan, nw Pakistan and w Mongolia

P. o. rufiventris (Vieillot, 1818)

Turkmenistan through the Himalayas to c China

Common Redstart

Phoenicurus phoenicurus (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU : c, w, also nw Africa

P. p. phoenicurus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Europe and n Africa to c Asia

P. p. samamisicus (Hablizl, 1783)

the Balkans and Greece to Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Iran

Hodgson's Redstart

Phoenicurus hodgsoni (Moore, F, 1854)

OR : Himalayas to c China

White-throated Redstart

Phoenicurus schisticeps (Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847)

EU : Himalayas to c China

Daurian Redstart

Phoenicurus auroreus (Pallas, 1776)

EU : c, e

P. a. leucopterus Blyth, 1843

e Himalayas to c and e China

P. a. auroreus (Pallas, 1776)

sc Siberia and Mongolia to Korea and ne China

Moussier's Redstart

Phoenicurus moussieri (Olphe-Galliard, 1852)

AF : nw

Güldenstädt's Redstart

Phoenicurus erythrogastrus (Güldenstädt, 1775)

EU : sc, ec

P. e. erythrogastrus (Güldenstädt, 1775)

Greater Caucasus Mt.

P. e. grandis (Gould, 1850)

e Afghanistan to sc Siberia, w Mongolia and nw and c China

Blue-fronted Redstart

Phoenicurus frontalis Vigors, 1831

OR : e Afghanistan to c China

White-bellied Redstart

Hodgsonius phoenicuroides (Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847)

OR : Himalayas to c China

H. p. phoenicuroides (Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847)

Himalayas and w Burma

H. p. ichangensis Baker, ECS, 1922

ne and e Burma to c China and n Indochina

Plumbeous Water Redstart

Rhyacornis fuliginosa (Vigors, 1831)

OR : e Afghanistan to e China, Taiwan

R. f. fuliginosa (Vigors, 1831)

e Afghanistan to ne and e China, Indochina and nw Thailand

R. f. affinis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906)

Taiwan

Luzon Water Redstart

Rhyacornis bicolor (Ogilvie-Grant, 1894)

OR : Philippines

White-capped Redstart

Chaimarrornis leucocephalus (Vigors, 1831)

EU : c, e, also to c Laos

White-tailed Robin

Myiomela leucura (Hodgson, 1845)

OR : Himalayas to Thailand and Taiwan

M. l. leucura (Hodgson, 1845)

c and e Himalayas to c China, c Indochina, Malay Pen. and Burma

M. l. montium Swinhoe, 1864

Taiwan

M. l. cambodiana (Delacour & Jabouille, 1928)

se Thailand and Cambodia

Sunda Robin

Myiomela diana (Lesson, 1831)

OR : Sumatra, Java

M. d. sumatrana (Robinson & Kloss, 1918)

Sumatra

M. d. diana (Lesson, 1831)

Java

Nilgiri Blue Robin

Myiomela major (Jerdon, 1844)

OR : sw India

ENG, TAX : Change English name of Brachypteryx major from White-bellied Shortwing to Nilgiri Blue Robin and relocated to genus Myiomela;erroneously placed in Brachypteryx.

White-bellied Blue Robin

Myiomela albiventris (Blanford, 1868)

OR : sw India

AS : Myiomela albiventris is split from M. (Brachypteryx) major (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005); see also Robin et al 2010

Blue-fronted Robin

Cinclidium frontale Blyth, 1842

OR : Nepal to Southeast Asia

C. f. frontale Blyth, 1842

Nepal to Bhutan

C. f. orientale (Delacour & Jabouille, 1930)

ne India to sc China and n Indochina

Grandala

Grandala coelicolor Hodgson, 1843

OR : Himalayas to c China

Little Forktail

Enicurus scouleri Vigors, 1832

OR : Himalayas to e China and nw Vietnam, Taiwan

Sunda Forktail

Enicurus velatus Temminck, 1822

OR : Sumatra, Java

E. v. sumatranus Robinson & Kloss, 1923

Sumatra

E. v. velatus Temminck, 1822

Java

Chestnut-naped Forktail

Enicurus ruficapillus Temminck, 1832

OR : Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra

Black-backed Forktail

Enicurus immaculatus (Hodgson, 1836)

OR : Himalayas to nw Thailand

Slaty-backed Forktail

Enicurus schistaceus (Hodgson, 1836)

OR : Himalayas through Southeast Asia

White-crowned Forktail

Enicurus leschenaulti (Vieillot, 1818)

OR : ne India through Southeast Asia to Java

E. l. indicus Hartert, 1910

ne India and Burma to s China, Indochina and Thailand

E. l. sinensis Gould, 1866

c and e China, Hainan I.

E. l. frontalis Blyth, 1847

c and s Malay Pen., Sumatra and lowland Borneo

E. l. borneensis Sharpe, 1889

highland Borneo

E. l. chaseni Meyer de Schauensee, 1940

Batu I. (off w Sumatra)

E. l. leschenaulti (Vieillot, 1818)

Java and Bali

Spotted Forktail

Enicurus maculatus Vigors, 1831

OR : e Afghanistan to sc Vietnam

E. m. maculatus Vigors, 1831

e Afghanistan, w and c Himalayas

E. m. guttatus Gould, 1866

e Himalayas, Burma and sw China

E. m. bacatus Bangs & Phillips, JC, 1914

se China and n Indochina

E. m. robinsoni Baker, ECS, 1922

sc Vietnam

Whinchat

Saxicola rubetra (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU : w

White-browed Bush Chat

Saxicola macrorhynchus (Stoliczka, 1872)

OR : nw India, formerly Afghanistan and Pakistan

White-throated Bush Chat

Saxicola insignis Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847

EU : c

Canary Islands Stonechat

Saxicola dacotiae (Meade-Waldo, 1889)

AF : Canary Islands

ENG : Change English name of Saxicola dacotiae to Canary Islands Stonechat to conform to prevailing usage and documentation that it is imbedded in the phylogeny of ‘stonechats‘ (Zink et al 2009).

S. d. dacotiae (Meade-Waldo, 1889)

Fuerteventura I.

S. d. murielae
† Bannerman, 1913

Allegranza I.

European Stonechat

Saxicola rubicola (Linnaeus, 1766)

EU : w, s Europe, n Africa

AS : Saxicola rubicola is split from S.torquatus (Wittmann et al. 1995, Wink et al. 2002); under review by BLI.

S. r. hibernans (Hartert, 1910)

Ireland, Britain, w France and Portugal

S. r. rubicola (Linnaeus, 1766)

w, c and s Europe, nw Africa and Turkey to the Caucasus

Siberian Stonechat

Saxicola maurus (Pallas, 1773)

EU : e Caucasus, se Turkey and w Iran. c Siberia, c Asia, the Himalayas and w, c China;

AS : Saxicola maurus is split from S.torquatus (Wittmann et al. 1995, Wink et al. 2002); BOU does not recognize pending resolution of status of Chinese subspecies przewalskii

S. m. variegatus (Gmelin, SG, 1774)

e Caucasus to nw Iran

S. m. armenicus Stegmann, 1935

se Turkey to sw Iran

S. m. maurus (Pallas, 1773)

e Finland and n and e European Russia to Mongolia and Pakistan

S. m. indicus (Blyth, 1847)

nw and c Himalayas

S. m. przewalskii (Pleske, 1889)

Tibet to c China, n Burma

Stejneger's Stonechat

Saxicola stejnegeri (Parrot, 1908)

EU : e Siberia and e Mongolia to Korea and Japan .

African Stonechat

Saxicola torquatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

AF : SW Arabian Peninsula, sub-Saharan Africa

ENG : Change English name of nominate Saxicola torquatus from European Stonechat to African Stonechat, with split of S.rubicola and S.maurus.“Stonechat“ is traditionally spelled as one word, not two words

S. t. felix Bates, 1936

sw Saudi Arabia and w Yemen

S. t. albofasciatus Rüppell, 1840

se Sudan and ne Uganda to c Ethiopia

S. t. jebelmarrae Lynes, 1920

e Chad and w Sudan

S. t. moptanus Bates, 1932

Senegal and s Mali

S. t. nebularum Bates, 1930

Sierra Leone and w Ivory Coast

S. t. axillaris (Shelley, 1885)

e DR Congo, Kenya, n and w Tanzania

S. t. promiscuus Hartert, 1922

s Tanzania to e Zimbabwe and w Mozambique

S. t. salax (Verreaux, J & Verreaux, E, 1851)

e Nigeria to nw Angola, Bioko I.

S. t. stonei Bowen, 1931

e and s Angola to sw Tanzania south to n South Africa and Botswana

S. t. clanceyi Courtenay-Latimer, 1961

coastal w South Africa

S. t. torquatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

c South Africa

S. t. oreobates Clancey, 1956

Lesotho

S. t. voeltzkowi Grote, 1926

Grand Comoro

Madagascar Stonechat

Saxicola sibilla (Linnaeus, 1766)

AF : Madagascar

S. s. sibilla (Linnaeus, 1766)

Madagascar except n and c

S. s. tsaratananae Milon, 1950

n Madagascar

S. s. ankaratrae Salomonsen, 1934

c Madagascar

Reunion Stonechat

Saxicola tectes (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

IO : La Réunion

White-tailed Stonechat

Saxicola leucurus (Blyth, 1847)

OR : Pakistan, n India

Pied Bush Chat

Saxicola caprata (Linnaeus, 1766)

EU, OR, AU : ne Iran through Southeast Asia to New Guinea

S. c. rossorum (Hartert, 1910)

ne Iran to sc Kazakhstan and Afghanistan

S. c. bicolor Sykes, 1832

se Iran, Pakistan and n India

S. c. burmanicus Baker, ECS, 1922

c and se India to Burma, s China, Thailand and Indochina

S. c. nilgiriensis Whistler, 1940

sw India

S. c. atratus (Blyth, 1851)

Sri Lanka

S. c. caprata (Linnaeus, 1766)

n Philippines

S. c. randi Parkes, 1960

c Philippines

S. c. anderseni Salomonsen, 1953

e and s Philippines

S. c. fruticola Horsfield, 1821

Java to Alor I. (c Lesser Sundas)

S. c. pyrrhonotus (Vieillot, 1818)

e Lesser Sundas

S. c. francki Rensch, 1931

Sumba I. (s Lesser Sundas)

S. c. albonotatus (Stresemann, 1912)

Sulawesi and Selayar I. (s of Sulawesi)

S. c. cognatus Mayr, 1944

Babar I. (e Lesser Sundas)

S. c. aethiops (Sclater, PL, 1880)

n New Guinea, Bismarck Arch.

S. c. belensis Rand, 1940

wc New Guinea

S. c. wahgiensis Mayr & Gilliard, 1951

e New Guinea

Jerdon's Bush Chat

Saxicola jerdoni (Blyth, 1867)

OR : n India to n Thailand

Grey Bush Chat

Saxicola ferreus Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847

OR : Himalayas to e China and nw Vietnam

White-bellied Bush Chat

Saxicola gutturalis (Vieillot, 1818)

AU : Lesser Sundas

S. g. gutturalis (Vieillot, 1818)

Timor

S. g. luctuosus Bonaparte, 1850

Semau (off sw Timor)

Buff-streaked Chat

Campicoloides bifasciatus (Temminck, 1829)

AF : South Africa

Red-rumped Wheatear

Oenanthe moesta (Lichtenstein, 1823)

EU, AF : n Africa, Arabian Peninsula

O. m. moesta (Lichtenstein, 1823)

n Africa

O. m. brooksbanki Meinertzhagen, 1923

ne Egypt and nw Saudi Arabia to s Syria and w Iraq

Capped Wheatear

Oenanthe pileata (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

AF : sc, s

O. p. neseri Macdonald, 1952

s Angola, Namibia, w Botswana, nw South Africa

O. p. livingstonii (Tristram, 1868)

c Kenya to ne South Africa and e Botswana

O. p. pileata (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

sw Namibia, South Africa except nw, ne

Red-breasted Wheatear

Oenanthe bottae (Bonaparte, 1854)

EU, AF : s Arabian Peninsula, Ethiopia

O. b. bottae (Bonaparte, 1854)

sw Saudi Arabia and Yemen

O. b. frenata (Heuglin, 1869)

Eritrea and Ethiopia

Heuglin's Wheatear

Oenanthe heuglini (Finsch & Hartlaub, 1870)

AF : w, c, e

Isabelline Wheatear

Oenanthe isabellina (Temminck, 1829)

EU : sw, s

Northern Wheatear

Oenanthe oenanthe (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU : widespread, also n NA, nw Africa

O. o. leucorhoa (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

ne Canada, Greenland and Iceland

O. o. oenanthe (Linnaeus, 1758)

n and c Europe through n Asia to e Siberia and nw North America

O. o. libanotica (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833)

s Europe through the Middle East and sw Asia to Mongolia and nw China

O. o. seebohmi (Dixon, 1882)

nw Africa

Somali Wheatear

Oenanthe phillipsi (Shelley, 1885)

AF : Somalia, Ethiopia

Kurdish Wheatear

Oenanthe xanthoprymna (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833)

EU : Turkey, Iran

ENG : Adjectival modifier is preferred; thus Kurdish Wheatear, not Kurdistan Wheatear

Red-tailed Wheatear

Oenanthe chrysopygia (de Filippi, 1863)

EU : sc

Pied Wheatear

Oenanthe pleschanka (Lepechin, 1770)

EU : sc

Cyprus Wheatear

Oenanthe cypriaca (Homeyer, 1884)

EU : Cyprus

Black-eared Wheatear

Oenanthe hispanica (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU : sw

O. h. hispanica (Linnaeus, 1758)

sw and sc Europe, nw Africa

O. h. melanoleuca (Güldenstädt, 1775)

sc and se Europe through the Middle East to Iran and Kazakhstan

Desert Wheatear

Oenanthe deserti (Temminck, 1825)

EU : sc, c, also n Africa

O. d. homochroa (Tristram, 1859)

n Africa

O. d. deserti (Temminck, 1825)

ne Egypt through the Middle East to Mongolia, and Afghanistan

O. d. oreophila (Oberholser, 1900)

Himalayas, Tibet and w China

Mourning Wheatear

Oenanthe lugens (Lichtenstein, 1823)

EU, AF : n Africa through Arabian Peninsula to Iran

O. l. halophila (Tristram, 1859)

n Africa

O. l. lugens (Lichtenstein, 1823)

e Egypt and ne Sudan to nw Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria

O. l. warriae Shirihai & Kirwan, 2011

ne Jordan, s Syria

O. l. persica (Seebohm, 1881)

Iran

Abyssinian Wheatear

Oenanthe lugubris (Rüppell, 1837)

AF : e Africa

O. l. vauriei Meinertzhagen, 1949

ne Somalia

O. l. lugubris (Rüppell, 1837)

Eritrea to c Ethiopia

O. l. schalowi (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884)

s Kenya and ne Tanzania

Arabian Wheatear

Oenanthe lugentoides (Seebohm, 1881)

EU : s Arabian Peninsula

O. l. lugentoides (Seebohm, 1881)

sw Saudi Arabia and w Yemen

O. l. boscaweni Bates, 1937

nw Yemen and s Oman

Finsch's Wheatear

Oenanthe finschii (Heuglin, 1869)

EU : sc

O. f. finschii (Heuglin, 1869)

sc, se Turkey to n Israel and w and sw Iran

O. f. barnesi (Oates, 1890)

e Turkey to c, e Iran, sc Kazakhstan a w Pakistan

Variable Wheatear

Oenanthe picata (Blyth, 1847)

EU : sc

Mountain Wheatear

Oenanthe monticola Vieillot, 1818

AF : sw

PHY : Mountain Wheatear does not belong in Oenanthe, but instead may belong in a new genus that is sister to Thamnolaea (Outlaw et al 2009, Sangster et al 2010)

O. m. albipileata (Barboza du Bocage, 1867)

sw Angola

O. m. nigricauda Traylor, 1961

w Angola

O. m. atmorii (Tristram, 1869)

w Namibia

O. m. monticola Vieillot, 1818

s Namibia and South Africa

Hume's Wheatear

Oenanthe albonigra (Hume, 1872)

EU : sc

White-crowned Wheatear

Oenanthe leucopyga (Brehm, CL, 1855)

AF, EU : n Africa to n, c Arabian Peninsula

O. l. aegra Hartert, 1913

nw Africa to w Egypt

O. l. leucopyga (Brehm, CL, 1855)

Nile Valley of Egypt and nc Sudan, ne Sudan to Eritrea and Djibouti

O. l. ernesti Meinertzhagen, 1930

ne Egypt to c Saudi Arabia and Yemen

Black Wheatear

Oenanthe leucura (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

EU : sw, also n Africa

O. l. leucura (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Portugal, Spain and s France

O. l. syenitica (Heuglin, 1869)

nw Africa

Hooded Wheatear

Oenanthe monacha (Temminck, 1825)

EU : e Egypt to sw Pakistan

Blackstart

Oenanthe melanura (Temminck, 1824)

EU, AF : Arabian Peninsula through e, c, w Africa

TAX : Move Blackstart from Cercomela to Oenanthe (Outlaw et al 2009)

O. m. melanura (Temminck, 1824)

ne Egypt to Israel, Jordan and c Saudi Arabia

O. m. neumanni (Ripley, 1952)

sw Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman

O. m. lypura (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833)

nc Sudan to Eritrea

O. m. aussae (Thesiger & Meynell, 1934)

ne Ethiopia, Djibouti and n Somalia

O. m. airensis (Hartert, 1921)

n Niger to c Sudan

O. m. ultima (Bates, 1933)

e Mali and w Niger

Brown Rock Chat

Oenanthe fusca (Blyth, 1851)

OR : Pakistan, n, c India

PHY, TAX : Move Brown Rock Chat from Cercomela to Oenanthe following Blackstart (Outlaw et al 2009)

Familiar Chat

Oenanthe familiaris (Wilkes, 1817)

AF : w, c, e, s

PHY, TAX : Move Familiar Chat from Cercomela to Oenanthe (Outlaw et al 2009, Sangster et al 2010)

O. f. falkensteini (Cabanis, 1875)

Senegal to nw Ethiopia, s Uganda and Tanzania

O. f. omoensis (Neumann, 1904)

se Sudan, sw Ethiopia, nw Kenya and ne Uganda

O. f. angolensis (Lynes, 1926)

w Angola and n Namibia

O. f. galtoni (Strickland, 1853)

e Namibia, w Botswana and n South Africa

O. f. hellmayri (Reichenow, 1902)

se Botwana to s Mozambique and ne South Africa

O. f. actuosa Clancey, 1966

e South Africa and Lesotho

O. f. familiaris (Wilkes, 1817)

s South Africa

Brown-tailed Rock Chat

Oenanthe scotocerca (Heuglin, 1869)

AF : ne, e

PHY, TAX : Move Brown-tailed Rock Chat from Cercomela to Oenanthe (Outlaw et al 2009)

O. s. furensis (Lynes, 1926)

e Chad and w Sudan

O. s. scotocerca (Heuglin, 1869)

ne Sudan, Eritrea and n Ethiopia

O. s. turkana (van Someren, 1920)

s Ethiopia, Uganda and n Kenya

O. s. spectatrix (Clarke, S, 1919)

e Ethiopia and n Somalia

O. s. validior (Berlioz & Roche, J, 1970)

ne Somalia

Sombre Rock Chat

Oenanthe dubia (Blundell & Lovat, 1899)

AF : Somalia, Ethiopia

PHY, TAX : Move Sombre Rock Chat from Cercomela to Oenanthe (Outlaw et al 2009)

Sickle-winged Chat

Emarginata sinuata (Sundevall, 1858)

AF : s

E. s. hypernephela (Clancey, 1956)

Lesotho

E. s. ensifera (Clancey, 1958)

s Namibia, w and c South Africa

E. s. sinuata (Sundevall, 1858)

s South Africa

Karoo Chat

Emarginata schlegelii (Wahlberg, 1855)

AF : sw

E. s. benguellensis (Sclater, WL, 1928)

sw Angola and nw Namibia

E. s. schlegelii (Wahlberg, 1855)

coastal Namibia

E. s. namaquensis (Sclater, WL, 1928)

s Namibia and nw South Africa

E. s. pollux (Hartlaub, 1866)

w and c South Africa

Tractrac Chat

Emarginata tractrac (Wilkes, 1817)

AF : sw

E. t. hoeschi (Niethammer, 1955)

sw Angola and nw Namibia

E. t. albicans (Wahlberg, 1855)

w Namibia

E. t. barlowi (Roberts, 1937)

s Namibia

E. t. nebulosa (Clancey, 1962)

sw Namibia

E. t. tractrac (Wilkes, 1817)

w South Africa

Moorland Chat

Pinarochroa sordida (Rüppell, 1837)

AF : e

P. s. sordida (Rüppell, 1837)

Ethiopia

P. s. ernesti Sharpe, 1900

Uganda and Kenya

P. s. olimotiensis Elliott, HFI, 1945

Crater Highlands (n Tanzania)

P. s. hypospodia Shelley, 1885

Mt. Kilimanjaro (n Tanzania)

Congo Moor Chat

Myrmecocichla tholloni (Oustalet, 1886)

AF : wc

Anteater Chat

Myrmecocichla aethiops Cabanis, 1850

AF : e, c, w

M. a. aethiops Cabanis, 1850

Senegal and Gambia to Chad and n Cameroon

M. a. sudanensis Lynes, 1920

wc and c Sudan

M. a. cryptoleuca Sharpe, 1891

w and c Kenya to n Tanzania

Ant-eating Chat

Myrmecocichla formicivora (Wilkes, 1817)

AF : s

Sooty Chat

Myrmecocichla nigra (Vieillot, 1818)

AF : w, c

Rüppell's Black Chat

Myrmecocichla melaena (Rüppell, 1837)

AF : Ethiopia, Eritrea

White-fronted Black Chat

Pentholaea albifrons (Rüppell, 1837)

AF : w, c, e

P. a. frontalis (Swainson, 1837)

Senegal and Gambia to n Cameroon and Chad

P. a. limbata Reichenow, 1921

e Cameroon to Central African Republic

P. a. albifrons (Rüppell, 1837)

Eritrea and n Ethiopia

P. a. pachyrhyncha Neumann, 1906

sw Ethiopia

P. a. clericalis Cabanis, 1882

s Sudan, ne DR Congo and Uganda

Arnot's Chat

Pentholaea arnotti (Tristram, 1869)

AF : sc

P. a. arnotti (Tristram, 1869)

Rwanda and Burundi to Zambia, c Mozambique and ne South Africa

P. a. harterti (Neunzig, 1926)

Angola

Ruaha Chat

Pentholaea collaris (Reichenow, 1882)

AF : w Tanzania, e Rwanda, Burundi, n Zambia and e DR Congo

AS : Ruaha Chat Pentholaea (Myrmecocichla) collaris is split from Arnot‘s Chat P. (M.) arnotti (Glen et al 2010)

Mocking Cliff Chat

Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris (Lafresnaye, 1836)

AF : w, e, s

T. c. kordofanensis Wettstein, 1916

c Sudan

T. c. albiscapulata (Rüppell, 1837)

n Eritrea, n, c and e Ethiopia

T. c. subrufipennis Reichenow, 1887

se Sudan and sw Ethiopia south to Zambia and Malawi

T. c. odica Clancey, 1962

e Zimbabwe

T. c. cinnamomeiventris (Lafresnaye, 1836)

e Botswana, e South Africa, w Swaziland and Lesotho

T. c. autochthones Clancey, 1952

s Mozambique, ne South Africa and e Swaziland

White-crowned Cliff Chat

Thamnolaea coronata Reichenow, 1902

AF : wc

T. c. cavernicola Bates, 1933

c Mali

T. c. bambarae Bates, 1928

s Mauritania, e Senegal and sw Mali

T. c. coronata Reichenow, 1902

n Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso to w Sudan

Boulder Chat

Pinarornis plumosus Sharpe, 1876

AF : se

White-winged Cliff Chat

Monticola semirufus (Rüppell, 1837)

AF : Ethiopia, Eritrea

Cape Rock Thrush

Monticola rupestris (Vieillot, 1818)

AF : s

Sentinel Rock Thrush

Monticola explorator (Vieillot, 1818)

AF : s

M. e. explorator (Vieillot, 1818)

e and s South Africa

M. e. tenebriformis Clancey, 1952

Lesotho to s Mozambique

Short-toed Rock Thrush

Monticola brevipes (Waterhouse, 1838)

AF : s

TAX : Short-toed Rock Thrush includes pretoriae as subspecies

M. b. brevipes (Waterhouse, 1838)

w Angola, Namibia and nw South Africa

M. b. pretoriae Gunning & Roberts, 1911

se Botswana, c South Africa

Miombo Rock Thrush

Monticola angolensis Sousa, 1888

AF : s

M. a. angolensis Sousa, 1888

Angola and s DR Congo to Rwanda, Tanzania and n Zambia

M. a. hylophilus Clancey, 1965

s Zambia, w Malawi, w Mozambique and Zimbabwe

Common Rock Thrush

Monticola saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1766)

EU : s Europe to sc China, also nw Africa

ENG : Restore English name of Monticola saxatilis to better established Common Rock Thrush (2.9)

Little Rock Thrush

Monticola rufocinereus (Rüppell, 1837)

AF : e, also w Arabian Peninsula

M. r. rufocinereus (Rüppell, 1837)

Eritrea, Ethiopia and n Somalia to Kenya and ne Tanzania

M. r. sclateri Hartert, 1917

w Saudi Arabia

Blue Rock Thrush

Monticola solitarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU, OR : widespread, also nw Africa

M. s. solitarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

nw Africa, sw and sc Europe, n Turkey to Georgia and Azerbaijan

M. s. longirostris (Blyth, 1847)

Greece and w and s Turkey through the Middle East to the nw Himalayas

M. s. pandoo (Sykes, 1832)

c Himalayas to e China and nw Vietnam

M. s. philippensis (Statius Müller, 1776)

e Mongolia to Sakhalin south to Japan, extreme n Philippines and ne China

M. s. madoci Chasen, 1940

Malay Pen. and n Sumatra

Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush

Monticola rufiventris (Jardine & Selby, 1833)

OR : Himalayas through Southeast Asia

Blue-capped Rock Thrush

Monticola cinclorhynchus (Vigors, 1831)

OR : Afghanistan to Burma and s India

White-throated Rock Thrush

Monticola gularis (Swinhoe, 1863)

EU : nc, ne

Littoral Rock Thrush

Monticola imerina (Hartlaub, 1860)

AF : Madagascar

TAX : Merge species of Madagascar rock thrushes (Pseudocossyphus) into Monticola (Outlaw et al 2007, Collar 2005, BLI)

Forest Rock Thrush

Monticola sharpei (Gray, GR, 1871)

AF : Madagascar

TAX : Recent papers do not support previous splits of Amber Mountain Rock Thrush or Benson‘s Rock Thrush, now included in Forest Rock Thrush (Outlaw et al 2007, Zuccon and Ericson 2010)

M. s. salomonseni Farkas, 1973

ec Madagascar

M. s. erythronotus Lavauden, 1929

extreme n Madagascar

M. s. sharpei (Gray, GR, 1871)

e Madagascar

M. s. bensoni Farkas, 1971

sw Madagascar

Fraser's Forest Flycatcher

Fraseria ocreata (Strickland, 1844)

AF : w, c

F. o. kelsalli Bannerman, 1922

sw Guinea and Sierra Leone

F. o. prosphora Oberholser, 1899

Liberia to Ghana

F. o. ocreata (Strickland, 1844)

Nigeria to Uganda, c DR Congo and n Angola, Bioko I.

White-browed Forest Flycatcher

Fraseria cinerascens Hartlaub, 1857

AF : w, c

F. c. cinerascens Hartlaub, 1857

Senegal and Gambia to Ghana

F. c. ruthae Dickerman, 1994

Nigeria and Cameroon to c DR Congo

Angola Slaty Flycatcher

Dioptrornis brunneus Cabanis, 1886

AF : Angola

D. b. brunneus Cabanis, 1886

w Angola lowlands

D. b. bailunduensis Neumann, 1929

w Angola highlands

White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher

Dioptrornis fischeri Reichenow, 1884

AF : c, e

D. f. toruensis (Hartert, 1900)

e DR Congo, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi

D. f. semicinctus Hartert, 1916

ne DR Congo

D. f. nyikensis (Shelley, 1899)

se DR Congo, e and s Tanzania and n Malawi

D. f. fischeri Reichenow, 1884

se Sudan, Uganda, Kenya andn Tanzania

Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher

Dioptrornis chocolatinus (Rüppell, 1840)

AF : Ethiopia, Eritrea

D. c. chocolatinus (Rüppell, 1840)

Eritrea, n and c Ethiopia

D. c. reichenowi (Neumann, 1902)

w Ethiopia

Nimba Flycatcher

Melaenornis annamarulae Forbes-Watson, 1970

AF : w

Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher

Melaenornis ardesiacus Berlioz, 1936

AF : ec

ENG : Melaenornis ardesiacus is mistakenly labelled Yellow-eyed Black Thrush in Version 1.0

Northern Black Flycatcher

Melaenornis edolioides (Swainson, 1837)

AF : w, c, e

M. e. edolioides (Swainson, 1837)

s Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to w Cameroon

M. e. lugubris (von Müller, JW, 1851)

e Cameroon to Eritrea, w Ethiopia, w Kenya and n Tanzania

M. e. schistaceus Sharpe, 1895

n and e Ethiopia, n Kenya

Southern Black Flycatcher

Melaenornis pammelaina (Stanley, 1814)

AF : e, s

M. p. pammelaina (Stanley, 1814)

w and s DR Congo to Kenya, e South Africa and c Angola

M. p. diabolicus (Sharpe, 1877)

s Angola and sw Zambia to Botswana and w South Africa

Pale Flycatcher

Bradornis pallidus (von Müller, JW, 1851)

AF : widespread

B. p. pallidus (von Müller, JW, 1851)

Senegal and Gambia to w Ethiopia

B. p. parvus Reichenow, 1907

se Sudan, ne DR Congo and nw Uganda

B. p. bowdleri Collin, A & Hartert, 1927

Eritrea and c Ethiopia

B. p. bafirawari Bannerman, 1924

s Ethiopia and ne Kenya

B. p. duyerali Traylor, 1970

ne Ethiopia and c Somalia

B. p. subalaris Sharpe, 1874

e Kenya and ne Tanzania

B. p. erlangeri Reichenow, 1905

s Somalia

B. p. modestus Shelley, 1873

Guinea to Central African Republic

B. p. murinus Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870

Gabon and Congo to Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Botswana and n Namibia

B. p. aquaemontis Stresemann, 1937

c Namibia

B. p. griseus Reichenow, 1882

se Kenya and c Tanzania to e Zambia and c Malawi

B. p. divisus Lawson, 1961

se Zambia and s Malawi to ne South Africa

B. p. sibilans Clancey, 1966

s Mozambique and e South Africa

Chat Flycatcher

Bradornis infuscatus (Smith, A, 1839)

AF : s

B. i. benguellensis Sousa, 1886

s Angola and nw Namibia

B. i. namaquensis Macdonald, 1957

Namibia (except nw and sw) and extreme w Botswana

B. i. placidus Clancey, 1958

Botswana (except w) and nc South Africa

B. i. seimundi Ogilvie-Grant, 1913

sc South Africa

B. i. infuscatus (Smith, A, 1839)

sw Namibia to sw South Africa

African Grey Flycatcher

Bradornis microrhynchus Reichenow, 1887

AF : e

TAX : African Grey Flycatcher includes Ethiopian Grey Flycatcher B.pumilus as subspecies following Dickinson 2003, Birds of Africa, cf Sibley and Monroe

B. m. microrhynchus Reichenow, 1887

sw Kenya and Tanzania

B. m. neumanni Hilgert, 1908

s Sudan to c Somalia and n Kenya

B. m. burae Traylor, 1970

se Somalia and e Kenya

B. m. taruensis van Someren, 1921

se Kenya

B. m. pumilus Sharpe, 1895

c Ethiopia and n Somalia

Marico Flycatcher

Bradornis mariquensis Smith, A, 1847

AF : s

B. m. acaciae Irwin, 1957

s Angola to sw Botswana and nw South Africa

B. m. mariquensis Smith, A, 1847

sw Zambia and c Zimbabwe to n and ne South Africa

B. m. territinctus (Clancey, 1979)

ne Namibia and nw Botswana

Fiscal Flycatcher

Sigelus silens (Shaw, 1809)

AF : s

S. s. lawsoni (Clancey, 1966)

s Botswana and n South Africa

S. s. silens (Shaw, 1809)

c and s South Africa

Silverbird

Empidornis semipartitus (Rüppell, 1840)

AF : ec

Streak-breasted Jungle Flycatcher

Rhinomyias additus (Hartert, 1900)

AU : Moluccas

Russet-backed Jungle Flycatcher

Rhinomyias oscillans (Hartert, 1897)

AU : Lesser Sundas

R. o. oscillans (Hartert, 1897)

Sumbawa and Flores

R. o. stresemanni (Siebers, 1928)

Sumba

Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher

Rhinomyias brunneatus (Slater, 1897)

OR : se China to w Malaysia

Nicobar Jungle Flycatcher

Rhinomyias nicobaricus Richmond, 1902

OR : s Nicobar Is.

AS : Rhinomyias nicobaricus is split from R. brunneatus (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005)

Fulvous-chested Jungle Flycatcher

Rhinomyias olivaceus (Hume, 1877)

OR : Malay Peninsula, Java, Sumatra, Borneo

R. o. olivaceus (Hume, 1877)

Malay Pen., Sumatra, Java, Bali and n Borneo

R. o. perolivaceus Chasen & Kloss, 1929

islands off n Borneo

Grey-chested Jungle Flycatcher

Rhinomyias umbratilis (Strickland, 1849)

OR : Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo

Rufous-tailed Jungle Flycatcher

Rhinomyias ruficauda (Sharpe, 1877)

OR : Borneo to Philippines

R. r. ruficrissa Sharpe, 1887

Mt. Kinabalu (n Borneo)

R. r. isola Hachisuka, 1932

mountains of n Borneo except Mt. Kinabalu

R. r. boholensis Rand & Rabor, 1957

Bohol (sc Philippines)

R. r. samarensis (Steere, 1890)

e and s Philippines

R. r. zamboanga Rand & Rabor, 1957

w Mindanao (s Philippines)

R. r. ruficauda (Sharpe, 1877)

Basilan (sw Philippines)

R. r. occularis Bourns & Worcester, 1894

Sulu Arch. (sw Philippines)

Henna-tailed Jungle Flycatcher

Rhinomyias colonus Hartert, 1898

AU : e Sulawesi

R. c. colonus Hartert, 1898

Sula Is. (e of Sulawesi)

R. c. pelingensis Vaurie, 1952

Peleng I. (off e Sulawesi)

R. c. subsolanus Meise, 1932

e Sulawesi

Eyebrowed Jungle Flycatcher

Rhinomyias gularis Sharpe, 1888

OR : Borneo

R. g. gularis Sharpe, 1888

mountains of Sabah (n Borneo)

R. g. kamlae Leh, 2005

Kelabit highlands in n Sarawak

White-throated Jungle Flycatcher

Rhinomyias albigularis Bourns & Worcester, 1894

OR : Philippines

White-browed Jungle Flycatcher

Rhinomyias insignis Ogilvie-Grant, 1895

OR : Philippines

Slaty-backed Jungle Flycatcher

Rhinomyias goodfellowi Ogilvie-Grant, 1905

OR : Philippines

Spotted Flycatcher

Muscicapa striata (Pallas, 1764)

EU : c, w

M. s. striata (Pallas, 1764)

Europe to w Siberia, nw Africa

M. s. balearica von Jordans, 1913

Balearic Is. (w Mediterranean)

M. s. tyrrhenica Schiebel, 1910

Corsica and Sardinia

M. s. inexpectata Dementiev, 1932

Crimea (s Ukraine)

M. s. neumanni Poche, 1904

islands of the Aegean Sea through the Middle East to the Caucasus and n Iran, also c Siberia

M. s. sarudnyi Snigirewski, 1928

e Iran and Turkmenistan to the mountains of c Asia and n Pakistan

M. s. mongola Portenko, 1955

Mongolia and sc Siberia

Gambaga Flycatcher

Muscicapa gambagae (Alexander, 1901)

AF : w, c, e, also sw Arabian Peninsula

Grey-streaked Flycatcher

Muscicapa griseisticta (Swinhoe, 1861)

EU : e

Dark-sided Flycatcher

Muscicapa sibirica Gmelin, JF, 1789

EU, OR : c, e Asia to Southeast Asia

M. s. sibirica Gmelin, JF, 1789

c and s Siberia to Korea and Japan

M. s. gulmergi (Baker, ECS, 1923)

ne Afghanistan and nw Himalayas

M. s. cacabata Penard, TE, 1919

c Himalayas to s Tibet and ne India

M. s. rothschildi (Baker, ECS, 1923)

c and s China to n Burma and nw Vietnam

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Muscicapa latirostris Raffles, 1822

EU, OR : c, e Asia to India & Southeast Asia

TAX : Formerly Muscicapa dauurica but latirostris is the appropriate species epithet (Mlíkovský, 2012)

M. l. latirostris Raffles, 1822

c Siberia and n Mongolia to Sakhalin, Japan and Korea

M. d. pooensis Sykes, 1832

n Pakistan to Bhutan. Also c, s India.

M. d. siamensis (Gyldenstolpe, 1916)

se Burma to nw Thailand. Also sc Vietnam.

Brown-streaked Flycatcher

Muscicapa williamsoni

: s Burma, s Thailand, n peninsular Malaysia. Also ne Borneo

M. w. williamsoni Deignan, 1957

s Burma and s Thailand to n Peninsular Malaysia

M. w. umbrosa Wells, DR, 1982

ne Borneo

Ashy-breasted Flycatcher

Muscicapa randi Amadon & duPont, 1970

OR : Philippines

Sumba Brown Flycatcher

Muscicapa segregata (Siebers, 1928)

AU : Sumba

Brown-breasted Flycatcher

Muscicapa muttui (Layard, EL, 1854)

OR : ne India to nw Thailand

Rusty-tailed Flycatcher

Muscicapa ruficauda Swainson, 1838

EU : sc

Ferruginous Flycatcher

Muscicapa ferruginea (Hodgson, 1845)

OR : Himalayas to c China, Taiwan

Ashy Flycatcher

Muscicapa caerulescens (Hartlaub, 1865)

AF : w, c, e, s

M. c. nigrorum (Collin, A & Hartert, 1927)

Guinea to Togo

M. c. brevicauda Ogilvie-Grant, 1907

n Benin and s Nigeria to s Sudan, w Kenya, s DR Congo and nw Angola

M. c. cinereola Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870

s Somalia, e Kenya and e Tanzania

M. c. impavida Clancey, 1957

c Angola and n Namibia to n Tanzania and Zimbabwe

M. c. vulturna Clancey, 1957

s Malawi and c Mozambique to n South Africa and n Swaziland

M. c. caerulescens (Hartlaub, 1865)

s Mozambique, e South Africa and s Swaziland

Swamp Flycatcher

Muscicapa aquatica Heuglin, 1864

AF : w, c

M. a. aquatica Heuglin, 1864

s Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to sw Sudan and n DR Congo

M. a. infulata Hartlaub, 1881

se Sudan, ne DR Congo and Uganda to ne Zambia and nw Tanzania

M. a. lualabae (Chapin, 1932)

se DR Congo

M. a. grimwoodi Chapin, 1952

s Zambia

Cassin's Flycatcher

Muscicapa cassini Heine, 1860

AF : wc, c

Olivaceous Flycatcher

Muscicapa olivascens (Cassin, 1859)

AF : w, c

M. o. olivascens (Cassin, 1859)

Sierra Leone and Guinea to Central African Republic and Congo, e DR Congo

M. o. nimbae Colston & Curry-Lindahl, 1986

Mt. Nimba (n Liberia and w Ivory Coast)

Chapin's Flycatcher

Muscicapa lendu (Chapin, 1932)

AF : ec

Itombwe Flycatcher

Muscicapa itombwensis Prigogine, 1957

AF : Democratic Republic of the Congo

PL : Itombwe Flycatcher is usually treated as a subspecies of Chapin‘s Flycatcher M.lendu; revisit species status

African Dusky Flycatcher

Muscicapa adusta (Boie, F, 1828)

AF : wc, e, s

M. a. poensis (Alexander, 1903)

se Nigeria to c Cameroon, Bioko I.

M. a. pumila (Reichenow, 1892)

n Cameroon to s Sudan, c Kenya and n Tanzania

M. a. minima Heuglin, 1862

Eritrea and Ethiopia

M. a. subadusta (Shelley, 1897)

Angola to nw Mozambique and e Zimbabwe

M. a. marsabit (van Someren, 1931)

n Kenya

M. a. murina (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884)

se Kenya and ne Tanzania

M. a. fuelleborni Reichenow, 1900

s and w Tanzania

M. a. mesica Clancey, 1974

Zimbabwe (except e)

M. a. fuscula Sundevall, 1850

n and e South Africa

M. a. adusta (Boie, F, 1828)

s South Africa

Little Grey Flycatcher

Muscicapa epulata (Cassin, 1855)

AF : w, c

Yellow-footed Flycatcher

Muscicapa sethsmithi (van Someren, 1922)

AF : c

Dusky-blue Flycatcher

Muscicapa comitata (Cassin, 1857)

AF : w, c

M. c. aximensis (Sclater, WL, 1924)

Sierra Leone to Nigeria

M. c. camerunensis (Reichenow, 1892)

Mt. Cameroon (sw Cameroon)

M. c. comitata (Cassin, 1857)

Cameroon to sw Sudan, Ugande, DR Congo and Angola

Tessmann's Flycatcher

Muscicapa tessmanni (Reichenow, 1907)

AF : w, c

Sooty Flycatcher

Muscicapa infuscata (Cassin, 1855)

AF : c

M. i. infuscata (Cassin, 1855)

s Nigeria to c DR Congo and Angola

M. i. minuscula (Grote, 1922)

e DR Congo and Uganda

Ussher's Flycatcher

Muscicapa ussheri (Sharpe, 1871)

AF : w

Böhm's Flycatcher

Muscicapa boehmi (Reichenow, 1884)

AF : sc

Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher

Myioparus griseigularis (Jackson, 1906)

AF : c

M. g. parelii (Traylor, 1970)

Liberia to Ghana

M. g. griseigularis (Jackson, 1906)

se Nigeria and s Cameroon to w Uganda, nw Tanzania, sc DR Congo and nw Angola

Grey Tit-Flycatcher

Myioparus plumbeus (Hartlaub, 1858)

AF : w, c, e, s

M. p. plumbeus (Hartlaub, 1858)

Senegal and Gambia to s Sudan, sw Ethiopia, w Kenya, nw Tanzania, c DR Congo and Gabon

M. p. orientalis (Reichenow & Neumann, 1895)

e Kenya to e South Africa

M. p. catoleucus (Reichenow, 1900)

Angola to se Tanzania, c Zimbabwe and n South Africa

Humblot's Flycatcher

Humblotia flavirostris Milne-Edwards & Oustalet, 1885

AF : Comoros

European Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula hypoleuca (Pallas, 1764)

EU : c, w

F. h. hypoleuca (Pallas, 1764)

w and n Europe to the Ural Mts.

F. h. iberiae (Witherby, 1928)

Iberian Pen.

F. h. sibirica (Khakhlov, 1915)

w and sc Siberia

Atlas Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula speculigera (Bonaparte, 1850)

AF : nw, w

Collared Flycatcher

Ficedula albicollis (Temminck, 1815)

EU : c, se Europe

Semicollared Flycatcher

Ficedula semitorquata (Homeyer, 1885)

EU : sc

Yellow-rumped Flycatcher

Ficedula zanthopygia (Hay, 1845)

EU : e

Narcissus Flycatcher

Ficedula narcissina (Temminck, 1836)

EU : e

F. n. narcissina (Temminck, 1836)

Sakhalin, Kuril Is. and Japan (except Ryukyu Is.)

F. n. owstoni (Bangs, 1901)

Ryukyu Is. (s Japan)

Green-backed Flycatcher

Ficedula elisae (Weigold, 1922)

EU : ne China

ENG : Change English name of Ficedula elisae from incorrect Chinese Flycatcher to Green-backed Flycatcher

Mugimaki Flycatcher

Ficedula mugimaki (Temminck, 1836)

EU : e

Slaty-backed Flycatcher

Ficedula hodgsonii (Verreaux, J, 1871)

OR : Himalayas to e India and Southeast Asia

Rufous-chested Flycatcher

Ficedula dumetoria (Wallace, 1864)

OR : Malay Peninsula, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, also Lesser Sundas

F. d. dumetoria (Wallace, 1864)

Java and Lesser Sundas

F. d. muelleri (Sharpe, 1879)

Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo

Tanimbar Flycatcher

Ficedula riedeli (Büttikofer, 1886)

AU : Tanimbar Is

AS : Ficedula riedeli is split from F.dumetoria (Rufous-chested Flycatcher)(Outlaw & Voelker 2006)

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher

Ficedula strophiata (Hodgson, 1837)

OR : Himalayas to n, c China and s Vietnam

F. s. strophiata (Hodgson, 1837)

Himalayas to c and s China and w and n Burma

F. s. fuscogularis (Baker, ECS, 1923)

s Laos and c Vietnam

Red-breasted Flycatcher

Ficedula parva (Bechstein, 1792)

EU : w, c

Taiga Flycatcher

Ficedula albicilla (Pallas, 1811)

EU : c, e

Kashmir Flycatcher

Ficedula subrubra (Hartert & Steinbacher, 1934)

OR : n India

Snowy-browed Flycatcher

Ficedula hyperythra (Blyth, 1843)

OR : widespread

F. h. hyperythra (Blyth, 1843)

c Himalayas to sc China, n and c Indochina, n Thailand and Burma

F. h. annamensis (Robinson & Kloss, 1919)

sc Vietnam

F. h. innexa (Swinhoe, 1866)

Taiwan

F. h. sumatrana (Hachisuka, 1926)

Malay Pen., Sumatra and n Borneo

F. h. mjobergi (Hartert, 1925)

nw Borneo

F. h. vulcani (Robinson, 1918)

Java, Bali and w Lesser Sundas

F. h. clarae (Mayr, 1944)

Timor (Lesser Sundas)

F. h. audacis (Hartert, 1906)

Babar I. (e of Timor)

F. h. rara (Salomonsen, 1977)

Palawan (w Philippines)

F. h. calayensis (McGregor, 1921)

Calayan (n Philippines)

F. h. luzoniensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1894)

Luzon (n Philippines)

F. h. mindorensis (Hachisuka, 1935)

Mindoro (nw Philippines)

F. h. nigrorum (Whitehead, J, 1897)

Negros (wc Philippines)

F. h. montigena (Mearns, 1905)

Mt. Apo, Mt. Katanglad and Mt McKinley (c Mindanao in s Philippines)

F. h. matutumensis Kennedy, 1987

Mt. Busa and Mt. Matutum (s Mindanao in s Philippines)

F. h. daggayana Meyer de Schauensee & duPont, 1962

Misamis Oriental province (nc Mindanao in s Philippines)

F. h. malindangensis Rand & Rabor, 1957

Mt. Malindang (nw Mindanao ins Philippines)

F. h. jugosae (Riley, 1921)

c, se and s Sulawesi

F. h. annalisa (Stresemann, 1931)

n Sulawesi

F. h. negroides (Stresemann, 1914)

Seram (s Moluccas)

F. h. pallidipectus (Hartert, 1903)

Bacan (off sw Halmahera in the Moluccas)

F. h. alifura (Stresemann, 1912)

Buru (s Moluccas)

Little Slaty Flycatcher

Ficedula basilanica (Sharpe, 1877)

OR : Philippines

F. b. samarensis (Bourns & Worcester, 1894)

ec Philippines

F. b. basilanica (Sharpe, 1877)

s Philippines

Rufous-throated Flycatcher

Ficedula rufigula (Wallace, 1865)

AU : Sulawesi

Cinnamon-chested Flycatcher

Ficedula buruensis (Hartert, 1899)

AU : s Moluccas

F. b. buruensis (Hartert, 1899)

Buru

F. b. ceramensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1910)

Seram

F. b. siebersi (Hartert, 1924)

Kai Besar

Damar Flycatcher

Ficedula henrici (Hartert, 1899)

AU : Damar Island

Sumba Flycatcher

Ficedula harterti (Siebers, 1928)

AU : Sumba

Palawan Flycatcher

Ficedula platenae (Blasius, W, 1888)

OR : Philippines

Cryptic Flycatcher

Ficedula crypta (Vaurie, 1951)

OR : Philippines

Furtive Flycatcher

Ficedula disposita (Ripley & Marshall, JT Jr, 1967)

OR : Philippines

Lompobattang Flycatcher

Ficedula bonthaina (Hartert, 1896)

AU : Sulawesi

Little Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula westermanni (Sharpe, 1888)

OR : widespread, also Sulawesi and Lesser Sundas

F. w. collini (Rothschild, 1925)

w and c Himalayas

F. w. australorientis (Ripley, 1952)

e Himalayas to sc China, n Indochina, Thailand and Burma

F. w. langbianis (Kloss, 1927)

s Laos and sc Vietnam

F. w. westermanni (Sharpe, 1888)

Malay Pen., n Sumatra, Borneo, Mindanao (s Philippines), Sulawesi (except s) and Moluccas

F. w. rabori (Ripley, 1952)

n and c Philippines

F. w. palawanensis (Ripley & Rabor, 1962)

w Philippines

F. w. hasselti (Finsch, 1898)

s Sumatra, Java, Bali, s Sulawesi and w and c Lesser Sundas

F. w. mayri (Ripley, 1952)

e Lesser Sundas

Ultramarine Flycatcher

Ficedula superciliaris (Jerdon, 1840)

OR : e Afghanistan to s China, c India and Southeast Asia

F. s. superciliaris (Jerdon, 1840)

e Afghanistan to c Himalayas

F. s. aestigma (Gray, JE & Gray, GR, 1847)

e Himalayas to sc China

Slaty-blue Flycatcher

Ficedula tricolor (Hodgson, 1845)

OR : Himalayas to Thailand

F. t. tricolor (Hodgson, 1845)

w and c Himalayas

F. t. minuta (Hume, 1872)

e Himalayas and se Tibet

F. t. cerviniventris (Sharpe, 1879)

ne India and w Burma

F. t. diversa Vaurie, 1953

c China to n Vietnam and n Burma

Sapphire Flycatcher

Ficedula sapphira (Blyth, 1843)

OR : Himalayas to c China and c Laos

F. s. sapphira (Blyth, 1843)

e Himalayas to sc China and n Burma

F. s. laotiana (Delacour & Greenway, 1939)

s China and n Indochina

F. s. tienchuanensis Cheng, 1964

nc and c China

Black-and-orange Flycatcher

Ficedula nigrorufa (Jerdon, 1839)

OR : sw India

Black-banded Flycatcher

Ficedula timorensis (Hellmayr, 1919)

AU : Timor

Blue-and-white Flycatcher

Cyanoptila cyanomelana (Temminck, 1829)

EU : e

C. c. cyanomelana (Temminck, 1829)

Kuril Is., Japan and s Korea

C. c. intermedia (Weigold, 1922)

se Siberia, ne China and n Korea

AS : Split subspecies intermedia from cumatilis. Leader & Carey, 2012.

C. c. cumatilis Thayer & Bangs, 1909

c China

DIS : Adjust range for cumatilis, a c China breeding endemic ('Zappy's Flycatcher') Leader & Carey, 2012.

Dull-blue Flycatcher

Eumyias sordidus (Walden, 1870)

OR : Sri Lanka

Verditer Flycatcher

Eumyias thalassinus (Swainson, 1838)

OR : Himalayas to Southeast Asia and Sumatra

E. t. thalassinus (Swainson, 1838)

Himalayas to c and s China, Indochina, n Thailand and c Burma

E. t. thalassoides (Cabanis, 1850)

Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo

Turquoise Flycatcher

Eumyias panayensis Sharpe, 1877

AU : Sulawesi, Moluccas, also Philippines

E. p. nigrimentalis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1894)

n Philippines

E. p. panayensis Sharpe, 1877

wc Philippines

E. p. nigriloris (Hartert, 1904)

s Philippines

E. p. septentrionalis (Büttikofer, 1893)

n and c Sulawesi, Sula Is.

E. p. meridionalis (Büttikofer, 1893)

s Sulawesi

E. p. obiensis (Hartert, 1912)

Obi (c Moluccas)

E. p. harterti (van Oort, 1911)

Seram (s Moluccas)

Nilgiri Flycatcher

Eumyias albicaudatus (Jerdon, 1840)

OR : sw India

Indigo Flycatcher

Eumyias indigo (Horsfield, 1821)

OR : Sumatra, Java, Borneo

E. i. ruficrissa (Salvadori, 1879)

Sumatra

E. i. indigo (Horsfield, 1821)

Java

E. i. cerviniventris (Sharpe, 1887)

Borneo

Hainan Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis hainanus (Ogilvie-Grant, 1900)

OR : Burma to s China and Thailand

Pale Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis unicolor Blyth, 1843

OR : Himalayas through Java and Borneo

C. u. unicolor Blyth, 1843

Himalayas to s China, n Indochina, n Thailand and Burma

C. u. diaoluoensis Cheng, Yang & Lu, 1981

Hainan I. (off se China)

C. u. harterti Robinson & Kinnear, 1928

Malay Pen., Sumatra, Java and Borneo

Rück's Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis ruckii (Oustalet, 1881)

OR : Sumatra

TAX : CORRECT: Scientific name to Cyornis ruckii

Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis herioti Ramsay, RGW, 1886

OR : Philippines

C. h. herioti Ramsay, RGW, 1886

n and c Luzon

C. h. camarinensis (Rand & Rabor, 1967)

s Luzon and Catanduanes

White-bellied Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis pallipes (Jerdon, 1840)

OR : sw India

Pale-chinned Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis poliogenys Brooks, WE, 1880

OR : Himalayas to s Burma, ec India

C. p. poliogenys Brooks, WE, 1880

c Himalayas to e Bangladesh and sw Burma

C. p. cachariensis (Madarász, 1884)

e Himalayas to sc China and n Burma

C. p. laurentei (La Touche, 1921)

s China

C. p. vernayi Whistler, 1931

e India

Hill Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis banyumas (Horsfield, 1821)

OR : sw China and ne India to Southeast Asia to Borneo

C. b. whitei Harington, 1908

n and e Burma to sc China, n Thailand and n Indochina

C. b. lekhakuni (Deignan, 1956)

e Thailand

C. b. deignani Meyer de Schauensee, 1939

se Thailand

C. b. coerulifrons Baker, ECS, 1918

c and s Malay Pen.

C. b. ligus (Deignan, 1947)

w Java

C. b. banyumas (Horsfield, 1821)

c and e Java

C. b. montanus Robinson & Kinnear, 1928

Borneo

Large Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis magnirostris Blyth, 1849

OR : e Himalayas

AS : Cyornis magnirostris is split from C. banyumas (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005)

Palawan Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis lemprieri (Sharpe, 1884)

OR : Philippines

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis tickelliae Blyth, 1843

OR : widespread

C. t. tickelliae Blyth, 1843

s Nepal, n, c and s India, Bangladesh and n and w Burma

C. t. jerdoni Holdsworth, 1872

Sri Lanka

C. t. sumatrensis (Sharpe, 1879)

Malay Pen.

C. t. indochina Chasen & Kloss, 1928

a Burma to Indochina

C. t. lamprus Oberholser, 1917

Anamba Is. (e of Malay Pen.)

Sunda Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis caerulatus (Bonaparte, 1857)

OR : Sumatra, Borneo

C. c. albiventer Junge, 1933

Sumatra

C. c. rufifrons Wallace, 1865

w Borneo

C. c. caerulatus (Bonaparte, 1857)

n, e and s Borneo

Bornean Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis superbus Stresemann, 1925

OR : Borneo

Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis rubeculoides (Vigors, 1831)

OR : Himalayas to Thailand

C. r. rubeculoides (Vigors, 1831)

Himalayas to w, n and ne Burma

C. r. dialilaemus Salvadori, 1889

e and se Burma, n and w Thailand

C. r. rogersi Robinson & Kinnear, 1928

c and sw Burma

C. r. klossi Robinson, 1921

e Thailand, c and s Indochina

Chinese Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis glaucicomans Thayer & Bangs, 1909

OR : s, se China

Malaysian Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis turcosus Brüggemann, 1877

OR : Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo

C. t. rupatensis Oberholser, 1920

Malay Pen., Sumatra and w Borneo

C. t. turcosus Brüggemann, 1877

e Borneo

Mangrove Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis rufigastra (Raffles, 1822)

OR : Malay Peninsula to Philippines

C. r. rufigastra (Raffles, 1822)

Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo

C. r. longipennis Chasen & Kloss, 1930

Karimunjawa Is. (off nc Java)

C. r. rhizophorae Stresemann, 1925

w Java

C. r. karimatensis Oberholser, 1924

Karimata Is. (off sw Borneo)

C. r. blythi (Giebel, 1875)

n Philippines

C. r. marinduquensis duPont, 1972

Marinduque (nc Philippines)

C. r. philippinensis Sharpe, 1877

w, c and s Philippines

C. r. mindorensis Mearns, 1907

Mindoro (nw Philippines)

C. r. peromissus Hartert, 1920

Salayar I. (off sw Sulawesi)

C. r. kalaoensis (Hartert, 1896)

Kalao I. (n of c Lesser Sundas)

Tanahjampea Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis djampeanus (Hartert, 1896)

AU : Islands in Flores Sea

Sulawesi Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis omissus (Hartert, 1896)

AU : Sulawesi

Timor Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis hyacinthinus (Temminck, 1820)

AU : Lesser Sundas

C. h. hyacinthinus (Temminck, 1820)

Timor, Roti and Semau

C. h. kuehni Hartert, 1904

Wetar

Blue-fronted Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis hoevelli (Meyer, AB, 1903)

AU : Sulawesi

Matinan Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis sanfordi Stresemann, 1931

AU : Sulawesi

White-tailed Flycatcher

Cyornis concretus (Müller, S, 1836)

OR : ne India to Borneo

C. c. cyaneus (Hume, 1877)

ne India to n Indochina and s Thailand

C. c. concretus (Müller, S, 1836)

Malay Pen. and Sumatra

C. c. everetti (Sharpe, 1890)

Borneo

White-gorgeted Flycatcher

Anthipes monileger (Hodgson, 1845)

OR : Himalayas to Thailand

A. m. monileger (Hodgson, 1845)

c and e Himalayas

A. m. leucops (Sharpe, 1888)

ne India to n and c Indochina

A. m. gularis Blyth, 1847

Arakan (sw Burma)

Rufous-browed Flycatcher

Anthipes solitaris (Müller, S, 1836)

OR : Burma to Sumatra

A. s. submoniliger Hume, 1877

n Malay Pen., se Laos and sc Vietnam

A. s. malayana (Sharpe, 1888)

c and s Malay Pen.

A. s. solitaris (Müller, S, 1836)

Sumatra

Fujian Niltava

Niltava davidi La Touche, 1907

OR : c,e China to se Thailand

Rufous-bellied Niltava

Niltava sundara Hodgson, 1837

OR : Himalayas to Thailand

N. s. whistleri Ticehurst, 1926

nw Himalayas

N. s. sundara Hodgson, 1837

c and e Himalayas to sw China and c Burma

N. s. denotata Bangs & Phillips, JC, 1914

s China and e Burma

Rufous-vented Niltava

Niltava sumatrana Salvadori, 1879

OR : w Malaysia, Sumatra

Vivid Niltava

Niltava vivida (Swinhoe, 1864)

OR : Himalayas to China, Taiwan

N. v. oatesi Salvadori, 1887

e Himalayas to s China

N. v. vivida (Swinhoe, 1864)

Taiwan

Large Niltava

Niltava grandis (Blyth, 1842)

OR : Himalayas to Sumatra

N. g. grandis (Blyth, 1842)

e Himalayas to sw China, c Burma and n and w Thailand

N. g. griseiventris La Touche, 1921

s China and n Indochina

N. g. decorata Robinson & Kloss, 1919

sc Vietnam

N. g. decipiens Salvadori, 1891

Malay Pen. and Sumatra

Small Niltava

Niltava macgrigoriae (Burton, 1836)

OR : Himalayas to s China and Thailand

N. m. macgrigoriae (Burton, 1836)

w and c Himalayas

N. m. signata (McClelland, 1840)

e Himalayas to s China and n and c Indochina

Pygmy Flycatcher

Muscicapella hodgsoni (Moore, F, 1854)

OR : Himalayas to Sumatra and Borneo

M. h. hodgsoni (Moore, F, 1854)

c and e Himalayas to s China and c Indochina

M. h. sondaica (Robinson & Kloss, 1923)

Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo

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