The Flores jungle flycatcher (''Eumyias oscillans'') is a

passerine A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin 'sparrow' and '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines are distinguished from other orders of birds by th ...

bird 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 Northe ...

that is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

to the Lesser Sunda Islands. This species was previously placed in the

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''Rhinomyias'' but was moved to ''

Cyornis ''Cyornis'' is a genus of birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae most of which are native to Southeast Asia. Species The genus contains the following species: * Hainan blue flycatcher (''Cyornis hainanus'') * Pale blue flycatcher ...

'' based on the results of a 2010 molecular phylogenetic study. It is now placed in the genus ''

Eumyias ''Eumyias'' is a genus of birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It contains the following 11 species: * Timor blue flycatcher (''Eumyias hyacinthinus'') – formerly placed in ''Cyornis'' * Blue-fronted blue flycatcher (''Eum ...

''. The

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 ...

(''C. stresemanni''), which is endemic to the island of Sumba, was split as distinct species by the

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in 2021. Both species were known together as the

russet-backed jungle flycatcher The russet-backed jungle flycatcher have been split into two species: * Flores jungle flycatcher, ''Cyornis oscillans'' * Sumba jungle flycatcher The Sumba jungle flycatcher (''Eumyias stresemanni'') is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatc ...

References

Flores jungle flycatcher Birds of the Lesser Sunda Islands Flores jungle flycatcher Flores jungle flycatcher Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Muscicapidae-stub