The Crocker jungle flycatcher (Cyornis ruficrissa) is a species of passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Borneo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Crocker jungle flycatcher | |
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Preserved specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Cyornis |
Species: | C. ruficrissa
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Binomial name | |
Cyornis ruficrissa (Sharpe, 1887)
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The Crocker jungle flycatcher was split from the rufous-tailed jungle flycatcher (Cyornis ruficauda) as distinct species by the IOC in 2021.[1]
References
edit- ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-05-27.