The grey-chested jungle flycatcher (''Cyornis umbratilis'') is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family
Muscicapidae. It is found in
Brunei,
Indonesia,
Malaysia, and
Thailand. Its natural
habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland
forests and subtropical or tropical
swamp
A swamp is a forested wetland.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p. Swamps are considered to be transition zones because both land and water play a role in ...
s. It is threatened by
habitat loss.
This species was previously placed in the
genus ''Rhinomyias'' but was 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.
References
grey-chested jungle flycatcher
Birds of Malesia
grey-chested jungle flycatcher
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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