Alternative names: Chuuk Broadbill; Chuuk Myiagra; Chuuk Myiagra Flycatcher: Truk Broadbill; Truk Myiagra; Truk Myiagra Flycatcher
- Myiagra oceanica
Identification
15 cm. A small flycatcher with a crest.
Male
- Dark greyish-brown upperparts, darker and bluer on crown, paler and duller on lores
- Whitish chin and throat
- Rufous breast merging into whitish belly and undertail-coverts
- Blue-grey bill and legs
Female
- Smaller than male
- Greyer crown
- Paler on forehead and lores
- Paler rufous on breast
Immature similar to female.
Distribution
Endemic to Chuuk (Truk) in the eastern Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia.
A restricted-range species with a small population as there are only small remaints of forest left.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Guam Flycatcher, Palau Flycatcher and Pohnpei Flycatcher have been split from this species.
Habitat
Forest and forest edge, also in village gardens.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on insects. Forages singly or in pairs in low undergrowth. Hunts its prey from a perch.
Breeding
No information available.
Movements
This is a sedentary species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2015. IOC World Bird Names (version 5.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Oceanic Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Oceanic_Flycatcher
