Rufous-chested Flycatcher

Ficedula dumetoria (Wallace, 1864)

Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Rufous-chested Flycatcher, Ficedula dumetoria, is a bird of the Oriental Region, with a breeding range that includes the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java and the western and central Lesser Sundas. It belongs to the family Muscicapidae and was described by Wallace in 1864. Its natural home is in moist lowland forest and moist montane forest in subtropical or tropical areas. It is insectivorous. The form once treated as Ficedula dumetoria riedeli is now usually regarded as a separate species, the Tanimbar Flycatcher.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Breeding range: Oriental Region: Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo, Java and w, c Lesser Sundas