Snowy-browed Flycatcher
Ficedula hyperythra (Blyth, 1843)
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 snowy-browed flycatcher (Ficedula hyperythra) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Fourteen subspecies are recognised: F. h. hyperythra (Blyth, 1843) – central Himalayas to central south China, north, central Indochina, north Thailand and Myanmar F. h. annamensis (Robinson & Kloss, 1919) – central south Vietnam F. h. innexa (Swinhoe, 1866) – Taiwan F. h. sumatrana (Hachisuka, 1926) – montane Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and north Borneo F. h. mjobergi (Hartert, EJO, 1925) – montane northwest Borneo F. h. vulcani (Robinson, 1918) – montane Java, Bali and Lombok, Sumbawa and Flores (west, central Lesser Sunda Islands) F. h. clarae (Mayr, 1944) – montane Timor and Wetar (east Lesser Sunda Islands) F. h. audacis (Hartert, EJO, 1906) – Babar Islands (far east Lesser Sunda Islands) F. h. annalisa (Stresemann, 1931) – montane north Sulawesi F. h.
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Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ficedula hyperythra (Blyth, 1843)
- Name authority
- (Blyth, 1843)
- Common name
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Ficedula
- 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
- familyMuscicapidae Fleming, 1822
- genusFicedula Brisson, 1760
- speciesFicedula hyperythra (Blyth, 1843)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ficedula. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva (Bechstein, 1792) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Palawan FlycatcherFicedula platenae (W. Blasius, 1888) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-and-orange FlycatcherFicedula nigrorufa (Jerdon, 1839) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-throated FlycatcherFicedula rufigula (Wallace, 1865) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ficedula riedeli (Büttikofer, 1886) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sumba FlycatcherFicedula harterti (Siebers, 1928) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Damar FlycatcherFicedula henrici (Hartert, 1899) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Narcissus FlycatcherFicedula narcissina (Temminck, 1836) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca (Pallas, 1764) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ficedula albicilla (Pallas, 1811) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cryptic FlycatcherFicedula crypta (Vaurie, 1951) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-chested FlycatcherFicedula dumetoria (Wallace, 1864) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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=560080 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:6HWGK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.