Leaden flycatcher

Leaden flycatcher
Male, showing white breast
Female, with prey
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Myiagra
Species:
M. rubecula
Binomial name
Myiagra rubecula
(Latham, 1801)
Subspecies

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Synonyms
  • Todus rubecula

The leaden flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula) is a species of passerine bird in the family Monarchidae. Around 15 cm (6 in) in length, the male is lustrous azure with white underparts, while the female possesses leaden head, mantle and back and rufous throat and breast. It is found in eastern and northern Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests in the northern parts of its range, in the south and inland it is eucalypt woodland.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Myiagra rubecula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22707377A94120225. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707377A94120225.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.