Slaty-backed Flycatcher
Slaty-backed Flycatcher (<em>Ficedula erithacus</em>) is a species of Chats, Old World Flycatchers (<em>Muscicapidae</em>) in the order Perching Birds (Passerines).
Overview
Slaty-backed Flycatcher (Ficedula erithacus) is a species of Chats, Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae) in the order Perching Birds (Passerines).
Scientific Classification
Genus: Ficedula; binomial: Ficedula erithacus; authority: (Blyth, 1861).
Distribution
Breeding range: the Oriental Region.
Conservation Status
This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.
Remarks
With transfer of Pygmy Flycatcher M. hodgsoni (Moore, 1854) to Ficedula (as necessitated by results of phylogenetic analyses of Outlaw & Voelker 2006; Zuccon & Ericson 2010; Moyle et al. 2015), the species epithet F. hodgsonii (Verreaux, 1871) previously attributed to this species becomes preoccupied. Change the name to the earliest available species epithet, F. erithacus (Blyth, 1861), not F. sordida (Godwin-Austen, 1874), as explained in David & Bruce (2016).
