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Damar Flycatcher

Ficedula henrici (Hartert, 1899)

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 Damar flycatcher (Ficedula henrici) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Damar Island in Indonesia.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is affected by habitat loss. Having turned out to be more common than previously believed, it is downlisted from Vulnerable to Near Threatened in the 2007 IUCN Red List.

Wikipedia contributors, Damar flycatcher; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:25:41.111284+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Ficedula henrici (Hartert, 1899)
Name authority
(Hartert, 1899)
Common name
Damar 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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderPasseriformes
  10. familyMuscicapidae Fleming, 1822
  11. genusFicedula Brisson, 1760
  12. speciesFicedula henrici (Hartert, 1899)

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva (Bechstein, 1792)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Palawan FlycatcherFicedula platenae (W. Blasius, 1888)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black-and-orange FlycatcherFicedula nigrorufa (Jerdon, 1839)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rufous-throated FlycatcherFicedula rufigula (Wallace, 1865)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ficedula riedeli (Büttikofer, 1886)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Snowy-browed FlycatcherFicedula hyperythra (Blyth, 1843)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Sumba FlycatcherFicedula harterti (Siebers, 1928)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Narcissus FlycatcherFicedula narcissina (Temminck, 1836)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca (Pallas, 1764)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ficedula albicilla (Pallas, 1811)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cryptic FlycatcherFicedula crypta (Vaurie, 1951)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rufous-chested FlycatcherFicedula dumetoria (Wallace, 1864)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 243 records assigned to Muscicapidae.

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. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=560078 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:6HWGM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.