The Sulawesi blue flycatcher (''Cyornis omissus'') is a species of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...

in the 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 ...

. It 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 ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. Its natural

habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...

s are subtropical or tropical moist lowland

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s and subtropical or tropical moist

montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial ...

s. Four subspecies are recognised: * ''C. o. omissus'' ( Hartert, EJO, 1896) – montane Sulawesi * ''C. o. omississimus'' Rheindt, Prawiradilaga, Ashari & Suparno & Gwee, 2020 –

Togian Islands The Togian (or Togean) Islands are an archipelago of 56 islands and many offshore islets, situated in the Gulf of Tomini, off the coast of Central Sulawesi, in Indonesia. The largest islands are Batudaka, Togean, Talatako and Una-Una. Ther ...

(between northeast and central east Sulawesi) * ''C. o. peromissus'' Hartert, EJO, 1920 – Salayar (south of Sulawesi) * ''C. o. djampeanus'' (Hartert, EJO, 1896) – Tanahjampea (south of Sulawesi) The subspecies ''C. o. djampeanus'' is sometimes recognised as a separate species, the Tanahjampea blue flycatcher.

References

Sulawesi blue flycatcher Endemic birds of Sulawesi Sulawesi blue flycatcher Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Muscicapidae-stub