Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Telluraves
Cladus: Australaves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Muscicapoidea
Familia: Muscicapidae
Genus: Muscicapa
Species: Muscicapa muttui
Name
Muscicapa muttui (E. L. Layard, 1854)
References
Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2) 13: 127.
Vernacular names
English: Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Esperanto: Brunbrusta muŝkaptulo
Nederlands: Bamboevliegenvanger
svenska: Brunbröstad flugsnappare
中文: 褐胸鶲
The brown-breasted flycatcher or Layard's flycatcher (Muscicapa muttui) is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The species breeds in north eastern India, central and Southern China and northern Burma and Thailand, and migrates to southern India and Sri Lanka. It forages for insects below the forest canopy, often close to the forest floor.
Description
The brown-breasted flycatcher is 13–14 cm in length and weighs between 10-14 g. The overall colour of the upper parts is olive brown. Some of the feather shafts are darker. The upper tail coverts are brighter rufous as are the edges of the flight feathers. The tail feathers have rufous on the outer webs. The lores are pale and the eye ring is conspicuous. The chin and throat are white while the breast and sides of the body are pale brown. The middle of the body to the vent is buffy white.[3] Submoustachial stripes are faint but mark the boundary of the pale chin while the legs and lower mandible are pale flesh coloured.[4] The most similar species is the Asian brown flycatcher, which has black rather than pale legs.[5] It was named by Layard after Muttu, his servant[6] who brought him the specimen.[2]
Although no ringing evidence exists to prove their migration, it is thought that the winter migrants in southern India and Sri Lanka come from north-east India and northern Thailand. A subspecies stötzneri (incorrectly spelt as stotmani by E C Stuart Baker[7]) described from Szechwan by Hugo Weigold in 1922[8] appears to fall within the range of visible geographic variations and is not usually recognized.[4][9]
The usual call is very faint tseet audible only at close range or a series of notes chi-chi-chi-chi ending with a low chit-chit.[4]
References
BirdLife International (2016). "Muscicapa muttui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22709220A94197748. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22709220A94197748.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Layard, EL (1854). "Notes on the Ornithology of Ceylon, collected during an eight years' residence in the Island". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Series 2. 13: 127.
Oates, Eugene W. (1890). The Fauna of British India. Birds Vol. 2. Taylor and Francis, London. pp. 36–37.
Rasmussen, PC & JC Anderton (2005). Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide. Volume 2. Smithsonian Institution & Lynx Edicions. p. 375.
Wait, WE (1922). "The passerine birds of Ceylon". Spolia Zeylanica. 12: 114.
Gould, John (1883). The birds of Asia. Volume 6.
Baker, E.C. Stuart (1930). Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Birds. Volume VIII (2 ed.). London: Taylor and Francis. p. 632.
Weigold, Hugo (1922). "Zwei neue formen aus Westchina". Ornithologische Monatsberichte. 30 (3): 63.
Wells, D.R. (1983). "Brown-breasted flycatcher Muscicapa muttui in Thailand". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 103 (4): 113–114.
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