''Cyornis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of birds in the Old World flycatcher family

Muscicapidae The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia), with the exception of several vagrants and two species, Bluethroat (''Luscinia svecica)'' and Norther ...

most of which are native to Southeast Asia.

Species

The genus contains the following species: *

Hainan blue flycatcher The hainan blue flycatcher (''Cyornis hainanus'') is a bird in the family Muscicapidae. The species was first described by William Robert Ogilvie-Grant in 1900. It is found in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its ...

(''Cyornis hainanus'') *

Pale blue flycatcher The pale blue flycatcher (''Cyornis unicolor'') is a bird in the family Muscicapidae. The species was first described by Edward Blyth in 1843. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malay ...

(''Cyornis unicolor'') *

Rück's blue flycatcher Rück's blue flycatcher (''Cyornis ruckii'') is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is known from only four specimens and is endemic to a small area in northeast Sumatra, Indonesia, inhabiting Old-growth forest, ...

(''Cyornis ruckii'') *

Blue-breasted blue flycatcher The blue-breasted blue flycatcher (''Cyornis herioti''), also known as the blue-breasted flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland ...

(''Cyornis herioti'') *

White-bellied blue flycatcher The white-bellied blue flycatcher (''Cyornis pallidipes'') is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats (including the Nilgiris) of southwest India. Males are dark blue with a lighter sha ...

(''Cyornis pallidipes'') *

Pale-chinned blue flycatcher The pale-chinned blue flycatcher or Brook's flycatcher (''Cyornis poliogenys'') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is a sparrow-sized bird. Male is bluish-grey on upper parts, rufous throat and white below. Its nesting season is A ...

(''Cyornis poliogenys'') *

Hill blue flycatcher The hill blue flycatcher (''Cyornis whitei'') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in southern China, northeastern India and Southeast Asia. It was treated as a subspecies of ''Cyornis banyumas'' before molecular phyloge ...

(''Cyornis whitei'') *

Javan blue flycatcher The Javan blue flycatcher (''Cyornis banyumas'') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Indonesian islands of Java and Panaitan. The Dayak blue flycatcher (''Cyornis montanus'') of Borneo, which was formerly conside ...

(''Cyornis banyumas'') *

Dayak blue flycatcher The Dayak blue flycatcher (''Cyornis montanus'') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the island of Borneo. The Dayak blue flycatcher, formerly considered conspecific with the Javan blue flycatcher (''Cyornis banyumas ...

(''Cyornis montanus'') Sometimes considered a subspecies of ''Cyornis banyumas'' *

Meratus blue flycatcher The Meratus blue flycatcher (''Cyornis kadayangensis'') is a species of Old World flycatcher closely related to the Dayak blue flycatcher (''Cyornis montanus''). The species is confined to the Meratus Mountains of Borneo, Indonesia, which are surr ...

(''Cyornis kadayangensis'') – described in 2021 * Large blue flycatcher (''Cyornis magnirostris'') * Palawan blue flycatcher (''Cyornis lemprieri'') *

Tickell's blue flycatcher Tickell's blue flycatcher (''Cyornis tickelliae'') is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family. This is an insectivorous species which breeds in tropical Asia, from the Indian Subcontinent eastwards to Bangladesh and western Myanmar. The I ...

(''Cyornis tickelliae'') *

Indochinese blue flycatcher The Indochinese blue flycatcher (''Cyornis sumatrensis'') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found from southern Myanmar and the Malay Peninsula to Indochina and northeastern Sumatra. It was previously considered conspecific w ...

(''Cyornis sumatrensis'') *

Sunda blue flycatcher The Sunda blue flycatcher (''Cyornis caerulatus''), also known as the large-billed blue-flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Sumatra and Borneo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland f ...

(''Cyornis caerulatus'') * Bornean blue flycatcher (''Cyornis superbus'') *

Blue-throated blue flycatcher The blue-throated blue flycatcher (''Cyornis rubeculoides'') is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. It resembles '' Cyornis tickelliae'' but easily separated by the blue throat. The habitat of this species is a thicke ...

(''Cyornis rubeculoides'') *

Chinese blue flycatcher The Chinese blue flycatcher (''Cyornis glaucicomans'') is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. The Chinese blue flycatcher is found in southern China and the Malay Peninsula. It previously was considered a subspecies of ...

(''Cyornis glaucicomans'') Sometimes considered as a

subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...

of ''Cyornis rubeculoides'' *

Malaysian blue flycatcher The Malaysian blue flycatcher (''Cyornis turcosus'') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatene ...

(''Cyornis turcosus'') *

Mangrove blue flycatcher The mangrove blue flycatcher (''Cyornis rufigastra'') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is native to Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove ...

(''Cyornis rufigastra'') *

Tanahjampea blue flycatcher The Sulawesi blue flycatcher (''Cyornis omissus'') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane for ...

(''Cyornis djampeanus'') Sometimes considered as a subspecies of ''Cyornis rufigastra'' *

Sulawesi blue flycatcher The Sulawesi blue flycatcher (''Cyornis omissus'') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane for ...

(''Cyornis omissus'') *

Timor blue flycatcher The Timor blue flycatcher (''Eumyias hyacinthinus'') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found on Timor island. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane fo ...

(''Cyornis hyacinthinus'') *

Blue-fronted blue flycatcher The blue-fronted blue flycatcher (''Eumyias hoevelli''), also known as the blue-fronted flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical The tropics ar ...

(''Cyornis hoevelli'') *

Matinan blue flycatcher The Matinan blue flycatcher (''Eumyias sanfordi''), also known as the Matinan flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mois ...

(''Cyornis sanfordi'') *

White-tailed flycatcher The white-tailed flycatcher (''Leucoptilon concretum'') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is the only member of the monotypic genus ''Leucoptilon''. Prior to 2022, it was classified in the genus ''Cyornis'', but was reclassified ...

(''Cyornis concretus'') *

Flores jungle flycatcher The Flores jungle flycatcher (''Eumyias oscillans'') is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that is endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands. This species was previously placed in the genus ''Rhinomyias'' but was moved t ...

(''Cyornis oscillans'') *

Sumba jungle flycatcher The Sumba jungle flycatcher (''Eumyias stresemanni'') is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that is endemic to Sumba Sumba ( id, Pulau Sumba) is an island in eastern Indonesia. It is one of the Lesser Sunda Islan ...

(''Cyornis stresemanni'') Sometimes considered a subspecies of ''Cyornis oscillans'' *

Brown-chested jungle flycatcher The brown-chested jungle flycatcher (''Cyornis brunneatus'') is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It breeds in South China ; its winters in the Malay peninsula. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moi ...

(''Cyornis brunneatus'') *

Nicobar jungle flycatcher The Nicobar jungle flycatcher (''Cyornis nicobaricus'') is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Nicobar Islands where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and ...

(''Cyornis nicobaricus'') * Fulvous-chested jungle flycatcher (''Cyornis olivaceus'') * Grey-chested jungle flycatcher (''Cyornis umbratilis'') *

Crocker jungle flycatcher The Crocker jungle flycatcher (''Cyornis ruficrissa'') is a species of passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Borneo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The Crocker ju ...

(''Cyornis ruficrissa'') Sometimes considered a subspecies of ''Cyornis ruficauda'' *

Philippine jungle flycatcher The Philippine jungle flycatcher (''Cyornis ruficauda'') is a species of passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Thi ...

(''Cyornis ruficauda'') *

Sulu jungle flycatcher The Sulu jungle flycatcher (''Cyornis ocularis'') is a species of passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Sulu Archipelago. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The S ...

(''Cyornis ocularis'') Sometimes considered a subspecies of ''Cyornis ruficauda'' * Sula jungle flycatcher (''Cyornis colonus'') * Banggai jungle flycatcher (''Cyornis pelingensis'') Seven of the above species, all with "jungle flycatcher" in their English names, were previously placed in the genus ''Rhinomyias'' but were moved to ''Cyornis'' based on the results of a 2010

molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

study. There are also "jungle flycatchers" in the genus ''

Vauriella ''Vauriella'' is a genus of birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that occur in Borneo and the Philippines. The species were previously placed in the genus ''Rhinomyias'' but were moved to ''Vauriella'' when a detailed molecular ...

''.

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