Steel blue flycatcher

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
Subspecies
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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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