Current view: Data table and detailed info
Taxonomic note
Previously listed as Cyornis hyacinthinus (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) but unpublished genetic data (Frank Rheindt in litt. via WGAC) clearly place all Cyornis east of Wallace’s Line within Eumyias. To prevent the common names ‘jungle-flycatcher’ or ‘blue-flycatcher’ being applied to species in two different genera, these species are given the common name ‘warbling-flycatcher’. Sometimes placed in genus Niltava. Population on Roti (off SW Timor) probably belongs to nominate subspecies (Eaton et al. 2016). Two subspecies recognized.
Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2022. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 7. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v7_Dec22.zip.
IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Red List history
| Migratory status |
not a migrant |
Forest dependency |
medium |
| Land-mass type |
|
Average mass |
- |
Population justification: The population size is unknown, but the species is described as widespread and uncommon on Timor and unknown status on Wetar (del Hoyo et al. 2006). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 3.6% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Therefore, as a precautionary measure, it is tentatively suspected that this loss of cover may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame.
Trend justification: .
Country/territory distribution
Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Timor Warbling-flycatcher Eumyias hyacinthinus. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/timor-warbling-flycatcher-eumyias-hyacinthinus on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.
