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Makira Flycatcher

Myiagra cervinicauda Tristram, 1879

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Myiagra cervinicauda - The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands : including many new species recently discovered in Australia. v.2 (Plate 35).

Myiagra cervinicauda - The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands : including many new species recently discovered in Australia. v.2 (Plate 35).

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Open encyclopedia reference

The Makira flycatcher (Myiagra cervinicauda) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Alternate names for the Makira flycatcher include Makira Myiagra, ochre-headed flycatcher, ochre-tailed flycatcher, red-tailed flycatcher, San Cristobal flycatcher and San Cristobal Myiagra flycatcher.

Wikipedia contributors, Makira flycatcher; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:33:05.761660+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Myiagra cervinicauda Tristram, 1879
Name authority
Tristram, 1879
Common name
Makira Flycatcher
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Monarchidae
Genus
Myiagra
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderPasseriformes
  10. familyMonarchidae Bonaparte, 1854
  11. genusMyiagra Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
  12. speciesMyiagra cervinicauda Tristram, 1879

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Myiagra. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Samoan FlycatcherMyiagra albiventris (Peale, 1849)MonarchidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Shining FlycatcherMyiagra alecto (Temminck, 1827)MonarchidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Azure-crested FlycatcherMyiagra azureocapilla E. L. Layard, 1875MonarchidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Palau BroadbillMyiagra erythrops Hartlaub & Finsch, 1868MonarchidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Moluccan FlycatcherMyiagra galeata G. R. Gray, 1861MonarchidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Paperbark FlycatcherMyiagra nana (Gould, 1870)MonarchidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Pohnpei BroadbillMyiagra pluto Finsch, 1876MonarchidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Broad-billed FlycatcherMyiagra ruficollis (Vieillot, 1818)MonarchidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Biak Black FlycatcherMyiagra atra A. B. Meyer, 1874MonarchidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Satin FlycatcherMyiagra cyanoleuca (Vieillot, 1818)MonarchidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Steel-blue FlycatcherMyiagra ferrocyanea E. P. Ramsay, 1879MonarchidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Guam BroadbillMyiagra freycineti Oustalet, 1881MonarchidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extinct

Browse 75 records assigned to Monarchidae.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Australia

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Tristram, & Henry Baker. (1879). On a Collection of Birds from the Solomon Islands and New Hebrides. The Ibis, Vol. 3, No. 12. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:452MV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.