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Photo © by Romy Ocon
Bauko, Mountain Province, Philippines, November 2006

Alternative names: Island Flycatcher; Island Verditer Flycatcher; Turqoise Warbling-flycatcher

Includes: Wallacean Warbling-flycatcher

Eumyias panayensis

Distribution

Endemic to Southeast Asia: found in the Philippines, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Moluccas

Taxonomy

Reference [4] notes that Moluccan taxa (subspecies septentrionalis, meridionalis, obiensis, harterti) were long treated as distinct from those in the Philippines. There are both vocal and plumage differences. It suggests elevating these as "Wallacean Warbling-flycatcher", E. septentrionalis.

Subspecies

Subspecies septentrionalis
Photo © by julienl
Lake Tambing, Lore Lindu NP, Sulawesi, Indonesia, May 2018

Clements recognises the following subspecies [1]:

• E. p. septentrionalis: "Wallacean Warbling-flycatcher". Montane forests of north-central and south-eastern Sulawesi
• E. p. meridionalis: "Wallacean Warbling-flycatcher". Montane forests of southern Sulawesi
• E. p. obiensis: "Wallacean Warbling-flycatcher". Montane forests of Obi (southern Moluccas)
• E. p. harterti: "Wallacean Warbling-flycatcher". Montane forests of Seram (southern Moluccas)
• E. p. nigrimentalis: Northern Philippines (montane forests of Luzon and Mindoro)
• E. p. panayensis: Central Philippines (montane forests of Negros and Panay)
• E. p. nigriloris: Southern Philippines (montane forests of Mindanao)

Subspecies sanghirensis is no longer recognised [2]. Clements provisionally assigns an undescribed subspecies from Taliabu in the Sula Islands to septentrionalis (references [1], [3])

Habitat

Mountain forests above 800 m

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

1. Avibase
2. Discussion thread
3. Eaton, JA, B van Balen, NW Brickle, FE Rheindt 2021. Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago (Greater Sundas and Wallacea), Second Edition. Lynx Editions. ISBN978-84-16728-44-2

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Turquoise Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 February 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Turquoise_Flycatcher

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