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Broad-billed Flycatcher
Myiagra ruficollis (Vieillot, 1818)
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
The broad-billed flycatcher (Myiagra ruficollis) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is found in northern Australia, the Lesser Sunda Islands and southern New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Wikipedia contributors, Broad-billed flycatcher; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:57:17.288252+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Myiagra ruficollis (Vieillot, 1818)
- Name authority
- (Vieillot, 1818)
- Common name
- Broad-billed 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMonarchidae Bonaparte, 1854
- genusMyiagra Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
- speciesMyiagra ruficollis (Vieillot, 1818)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Myiagra. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Samoan FlycatcherMyiagra albiventris (Peale, 1849) | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shining FlycatcherMyiagra alecto (Temminck, 1827) | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Azure-crested FlycatcherMyiagra azureocapilla E. L. Layard, 1875 | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Makira FlycatcherMyiagra cervinicauda Tristram, 1879 | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Palau BroadbillMyiagra erythrops Hartlaub & Finsch, 1868 | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Moluccan FlycatcherMyiagra galeata G. R. Gray, 1861 | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Paperbark FlycatcherMyiagra nana (Gould, 1870) | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pohnpei BroadbillMyiagra pluto Finsch, 1876 | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Biak Black FlycatcherMyiagra atra A. B. Meyer, 1874 | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Satin FlycatcherMyiagra cyanoleuca (Vieillot, 1818) | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Steel-blue FlycatcherMyiagra ferrocyanea E. P. Ramsay, 1879 | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Guam BroadbillMyiagra freycineti Oustalet, 1881 | MonarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Platyrhynchos ruficollis Vieillot, 1818 Vieillot, 1818 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Southern Asia
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.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=561294 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:452N9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.