White-tailed Flycatcher - Cyornis concretus

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Common Name : White-tailed Flycatcher
Scientific Name : Cyornis concretus (Muller, 1835)

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Muscicapidae
Taxonomic Group : Passeriformes - Muscicapidae ( Old World flycatchers )

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General Species Profile

Taxonomy

Clements Checklist of Birds of the World 6.4 December 2009 Updated

Common Name : White-tailed Flycatcher
Scientific Name : Cyornis concretus
Order : Passeriformes Family : Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers)
Number of SubSpecies : 3

Taxon Category	Sub Species / Race	Range
subspecies	Cyornis concretus cyaneus	Mountains of ne India to s China, Myanmar and n Thailand
subspecies	Cyornis concretus concretus	Mountains of s Malay Peninsula and Sumatra
subspecies	Cyornis concretus everetti	Mountains of n Borneo

Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World 2006

3rd Edition, 2003. Revised and Corrected per Corrigenda to December 31, 2006

Common Name : White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
Scientific Name : Cyornis concretus
SubFamily : Muscicapinae (Old World Flycatchers)

Number of SubSpecies : 3

Sub Species / Race
Cyornis concretus cyaneus
Cyornis concretus concretus
Cyornis concretus everetti

IOC World Bird Names (version 2.2)

IOC Common Name : White-tailed Flycatcher
IOC Scientific Name : Cyornis concretus

Distribution :
Region : OR Range : ne India to Borneo
Order : PASSERIFORMES Family : Muscicapidae
Category : Chats, Old World Flycatchers

A Synopsis of the Birds of India and Pakistan

SYNOPIS NO : 1434

Scientific Name: Muscicapa concreta
Common Name: Whitetailed Blue Flycatcher

Birdlife International Checklist Ver 3 June 2010

Common Name : White-tailed Flycatcher
Scientific Name : Cyornis concretus ((Müller, 1835))
Birdlife Synonym :

BirdLife Redlist Status Year 2010: LC
BirdLife Species FactSheet for White-tailed Flycatcher ( Cyornis concretus )

Taxonomy Treatment : R

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

IUCN Common Name (Eng) : White-tailed Flycatcher
Scientific Name : Cyornis concretus (Müller, 1835)
IUCN Redlist Species FactSheet for White-tailed Flycatcher ( Cyornis concretus )

Species : concretus
Genus : Cyornis
Family : Muscicapidae Order : Passeriformes

IUCN RedList Status : LC

IUCN RedList Criteria Version : 3.1
IUCN RedList Year Assessed : 2008
IUCN RedList Petitioned : N

Oriental Bird Club Checklist Draft Novemebr 2009

Family : MUSCICAPIDAE

Scientific Name : Cyornis concretus
Common Name : White-tailed Flycatcher

Bibliography

Bibliography of White-tailed Flycatcher ( Cyornis concretus )
Number of Results found : 3

1. Craig Robson , (2005), White-tailed Flycatcher (Cyornis concretus), BIRDS OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA; New Holland Publishers Ltd, : 93.

2. Krys Kazmierczak; Ber van Perlo , (2000), White-tailed Flycatcher (Cyornis concretus), A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT; Yale University Press, : 238.

3. Salim Ali; S Dillon RipleyÂ , (1996), No. 1434. Whitetailed Blue Flycatcher (Muscicapa concreta cyanea ) (Hume), Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan; Oxford University Press, New Delhi, Volume 7 (Laughing Thrushes to the Mangrove Whistler ): 182.

Book Excerpts

The Fauna Of British India including Ceylon and Burma 1st Ed. Vol II (1890)

White-tailed Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis cyaneus)

564. Cyornis cyaneus.

The White-tailed Blue Flycatcher.

Muscitrea cyanea, Hume, S. F. v, p. 101 (1877) ; Hume & Dav. S. F. vi, p. 207; Hume, Cat. no. 266 bis. Trichastoma leucoproctum, Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 366: Hume, S. F. vii, p. 318. Niltava leucoprocta (Tweedd.), Oates, B. B. i, p. 298. Pachycephala cyanea (Hume), Gadow, B. M. Cat. viii, p. 224.

Coloration. Male. Lores and front line of the forehead black; forehead, crown, nape, and some of the lesser coverts cobalt-blue; the remaining wing-coverts and the whole upper plumage deep blue ; quills dark brown, edged with blue ; the four middle tail-feathers dull blue, the next pair white on both webs, with a broad black tip, the next two pairs nearly entirely white on the inner web, the outermost pair narrowly white on the inner web; sides of the head and neck, chin, throat, and breast dull blue; abdomen and sides of the body bluish grey; vent and under tail-coverts pure white; under wing-coverts ashy. The disposition of white in the tail varies somewhat.

Female. Lores and front line of the forehead reddish brown; upper plumage olive-brown, tinged with rufous; wing-coverts and quills dark brown, broadly edged with bright rufous; tail brown, tinged with rufous and with the same distribution of white on it as in the male; ear-coverts olive-brown, with pale shafts; chin, throat, breast, and sides of the body rufous-olive; a large patch of white on the fore neck; middle of the abdomen whitish; vent and under tail-coverts pure white; under wing-coverts and axillaries rufous-ashy.

Bill black; legs light brown; iris deep brown (Limborg).

Length about 7 ; tail 3; wing 3.6 ; tarsus .9 ; bill from gape 1.

Distribution. Muleyit mountain in Tenasserim up to 5000 feet. This species has also been found on the mountains of Perak in the Malay peninsula.

Habits, A forest bird, found constantly on trees, and never descending to the ground.

The Fauna Of British India including Ceylon and Burma 2nd Ed. Vol II (1924)

White-tailed Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis cyanea)

(641) Cyornis cyanea.

The White-tailed Blue Flycatcher.

Muscitrea cyanea Hume, S, F., v, p. 101 (1877) (Muleyit). Cyornis cyaneus. Blanf. & Oates, ii, p. 13.

Vernacular names. None recorded.

Description. - Adult male. Lores and narrow frontal line black, remainder of forehead, crown, nape and lesser wing-coverts cobalt-blue, brightest over the eye; remaining wing-coverts and upper plumage deep blue; wing-quills dark brown edged with blue; tail, four central feathers dull blue, the third pair broadly white on both webs almost to the tip, the white decreasing in extent on each pair, and confined to a broad line on the edge of the base of the inner web of the outermost pair ; sides of head, chin, throat and breast dull blue fading to grey on the flanks and lower breast, and to white on the abdomen, vent and lower tail-coverts.

Colours of soft parts. Iris dark brown ; bill black; legs and feet fleshy-brown.

Measurements. Total length about 175 mm.; wing 91 to 93 mm.; tail 66 to 72 mm.; tarsus about 23 to 24 mm.; culmen about 18 to 19 mm.

Female. Lores and forehead next the bill mottled white and fulvous; upper plumage olive-brown tinged with rufous, mostly so on the rump and least so on the crown; wing-feathers dark brown edged with bright rufous; tail like that of the male, but brown, not blue; ear-coverts olive-brown pale-shafted, a bold patch of white on the throat; remainder of lower plumage dull rufous-brown paling to white on the abdomen, vent and under tail-coverts.

Colours of soft parts as in male.

Measurements rather smaller than male; wing 89 mm. Young are probably brown, richer in colour than the female, spotted above with fulvous and squamated below. Not quite adult specimens show traces of this plumage, but there appear to be no really juvenile specimens in any museum.

Distribution. The mountains of Tenasserim down the Malay Peninsula as far as Perak. A single specimen was also obtained by Dr. H. N. Coltart through the Nagas from the higher ranges of hills, over 5,000 feet, above Margherita.

Nidification. Nothing on record except that a nest was brought to Dr. Coltart, with the bird above referred to, containing a single egg. The remains of the nest were those of a deep cup made almost entirely of moss, which had, according to the Nagas, been placed in a hollow in a rocky bank in deep forest. These Nagas came from a range well over 5,000 feet. The single egg is a pale yellow-grey stone-colour, freckled all over with innumerable tiny specks of reddish brown. It measures 23.9 x 18.0 mm., and was taken on the 25th June. Other eggs subsequently obtained, and believed by Dr. Coltart to be those of this Flycatcher, arc, I find, referable to Cyornis unicolor.

Habits. According to Davison this is a bird of deep forests, never descending to the ground, but catching its prey on the wing like most other Flycatchers. "When resting it has a habit of expanding its tail to show the white pattern just as Siphia does.

The Fauna Of British India including Ceylon and Burma 2nd Ed. Vol VII (1930)

Muscicapula concreta cyanea

Muscicapula concreta cyanea Hume.

Muscitrea cyanea Hume, Str. Feath., vol. v, p. 101, 1877 : Muleyit.

Trichastoma leucoproctum Tweeddale, P. Z. S., Aug. 1,1877, p. 366: Muleyit Range, Tenasserim.

The Fauna Of British India including Ceylon and Burma 2nd Ed. Vol VII (1930)

Muscicapula concreta.

Muscicapula concreta.

(Muscicapa concreta Muller, Nat. Gesch und Phys., vol. ii, p. 351, 1835: W. Sumatra.)

Museum Collections

Number of Museum Specimen Records Found : 2 for Cyornis concretus

No.	Museum	Species	Collection Deatils	Collector	Date of Collection	Record	Locality	GBIF Portal Link
1	Yale University Peabody Museum	Cyornis concretus cyaneus	YPM ORN ORN.043131	H. N. Collact	1902-01-21 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Assam State India Southern Asia	Link
2	Yale University Peabody Museum	Cyornis concretus cyaneus	YPM ORN ORN.043132	H. N. Collact	1902-02-09 00:00:00.0	Specimen	Assam State India Southern Asia	Link

Biodiversity occurrence data provided by: (Accessed through GBIF Data Portal, 2009-08-06)

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Yale University Peabody Museum ( 2 Records )

Sound/Call

6 calls found for Cyornis concretus

Remarks:
Call Type: calls (A)

Remarks:
Call Type: song (A)

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