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Fulvous-chested Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis olivaceus Scientific name definitions

Peter Clement
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2006

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Field Identification

14–15 cm. Medium-sized, robust, brownish flycatcher with stout, pointed bill. Head and upperparts are mostly olive-brownish, including edges of upperwing-coverts and flight-feathers, becoming warm brown on rump, uppertail and outer tail; lores pale buffish-brown, narrow greyish-white eyering, brown cheek and ear-coverts flecked buffish; chin and throat white, broad tawny brownish-buff band across breast and extending to flanks, rest of underparts white; iris dark brown; bill black; legs pink or pale purplish-pink. Distinguished from C. umbratilis by paler upperparts, more rufescent in wing and tail, and buffish-brown (not grey) breastband. Sexes alike in plumage, female slightly shorter-tailed than male. Juvenile is warmer brown above, with buffish speckles and blackish-brown tips on crown, mantle and back, rufous-buff tips on wing-coverts and tertials, and with breast and flanks mottled buffish and brown. Race perolivaceus is doubtfully distinguishable from nominate.

Systematics History

Editor's Note: This article requires further editing work to merge existing content into the appropriate Subspecies sections. Please bear with us while this update takes place.

Race perolivaceus perhaps not diagnosable. Two subspecies tentatively recognized.

Subspecies

SUBSPECIES

Cyornis olivaceus olivaceus Scientific name definitions

Cyornis olivaceus olivaceus
C. o. olivaceus

Distribution

extreme S Myanmar (S Tenasserim), S Thailand, Sumatra, Belitung (1), N Natunas, Java, Bali and N and C Borneo (2).
SUBSPECIES

Cyornis olivaceus perolivaceus Scientific name definitions

Distribution

Balambangan I and Banggi I, off N Borneo.

Distribution

Editor's Note: Additional distribution information for this taxon can be found in the 'Subspecies' article above. In the future we will develop a range-wide distribution article.

Habitat

Lowland dry broadleaf primary and secondary forest, rubber plantations and forest edges; to 900 m, exceptionally to 1200 m.

Movement

Resident.

Diet and Foraging

Food largely flies (Diptera) and other small invertebrates. Usually solitary. Forages in foliage of lower and middle canopy of forest trees; makes aerial sallies and pursues insects in flight. Occasionally partly cocks and fans tail.

Sounds and Vocal Behavior

Song a rapid series of up to nine short phrases, at alternating pitch, consisting of musical notes, drawn-out churrs and scratchy and ticking notes; also a thin “sissi” followed by short series of high-pitched sweet phrases running down scale. Calls include low “tchuk-tchuk”, drawn-out “churr” or “trrt” and harsh “tac”.

Breeding

Not well known. Season Mar–Aug. Nest a cup of twigs, bryophytes and moss, placed up to 2 m above ground on moss-covered tree trunk or in small bush. Clutch 2–3 eggs; no information on incubation and fledging periods.

Conservation Status

Conservation status on Birdlife LC Least Concern
Not globally threatened. Generally uncommon. Locally common in Malay Peninsula, where considered “Near-threatened” as a result of continuing loss of lowland dry forests. Very local in N Borneo; uncommon in Java and Bali.
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Recommended Citation

Clement, P. (2020). Fulvous-chested Jungle Flycatcher (Cyornis olivaceus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.fucjuf1.01
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