Slaty-backed flycatcher

Slaty-backed flycatcher
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Ficedula
Species:	F. erithacus
Binomial name
Ficedula erithacus (Blyth, 1861)
Synonyms
Ficedula sordida Godwin-Austen, 1874[1] Ficedula hodgsonii [2] (J. Verreaux, 1871)^[citation needed]

The slaty-backed flycatcher (Ficedula erithacus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

It is native to the eastern Himalayas, central China, Yunnan ; it winters to northern Indochina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

It is omnivorous.^[3]

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Ficedula erithacus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22709334A94203430. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22709334A94203430.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. Clement, P.; de Juana, E. (2020). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Slaty-backed Flycatcher (Ficedula erithacus)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. doi:10.2173/bow.slbfly1.01. S2CID 229149765. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
3. Singh, Vaibhav Kumar, and Parul Bhatnagar. "Checklist of birds of Rudraprayag Forest Division, Uttarakhand." ZOO'S PRINT 36.8 (2021): 21-32.

Further reading

• David, N.; Bruce, M. (2016). "The valid name of the Slaty-backed Flycatcher (previously, sordida Godwin-Austen, 1874, and hodgsonii J.P. Verreaux, 1871), and the gender of Caffrornis: comments on Zuccon". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 136: 299–301.
• Hooper, D.M.; Olsson, U.; Alström, P. (2016). "The Rusty-tailed Flycatcher (Muscicapa ruficauda; Aves: Muscicapidae) is a member of the genus Ficedula". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 102: 56–61. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.05.036. PMID 27246102.