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Grey-chested Jungle Flycatcher
Cyornis umbratilis (Strickland, 1849)
Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Grey-chested Jungle Flycatcher, Cyornis umbratilis, is a bird of the Oriental Region, breeding in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Musala, the Batu Islands, Siberut, Belitung and Borneo. It belongs to the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. It was first described by Strickland in 1849. The species was formerly included in Rhinomyias, but a 2010 molecular study led to its transfer to Cyornis. It occurs in lowland forest and swamp habitats.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Malay Pen., Sumatra, Musala (w of n Sumatra), Batu Is. and Siberut (w of c Sumatra), Belitung (e of s Sumatra) and Borneo
