Steel blue flycatcher

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Kingdom Animalia Order Passeriformes Genus Myiagra Higher classification Myiagra		Phylum Chordata Family Monarchidae Scientific name Myiagra ferrocyanea Rank Species
Similar Bird, Myiagra, Rennell shrikebill, Vanikoro flycatcher, Monarch flycatcher

The steel-blue flycatcher (Myiagra ferrocyanea) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is found in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.

Taxonomy and systematics

Alternate names for the steel-blue flycatcher include Solomons flycatcher, Solomons Myiagra flycatcher, Solomons satin flycatcher and steel-blue Myiagra.

Subspecies

Four subspecies are recognized:

M. f. cinerea - (Mathews, 1928): Found on Bougainville Island and Buka Island

M. f. ferrocyanea - Ramsay, 1879: Found on Santa Isabel Island, Choiseul Island and Guadalcanal

M. f. feminina - Rothschild & Hartert, 1901: Originally described as a separate species. Found on New Georgia Islands

M. f. malaitae - Mayr, 1931: Found on Malaita

References

Steel-blue flycatcher Wikipedia

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Taxonomy and systematics

Subspecies

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