Eyebrowed jungle flycatcher

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The eyebrowed jungle flycatcher (Vauriella gularis) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the island of Borneo[2] (elevated areas, including the Meratus Mountains). The natural habitat of the eyebrowed jungle flycatcher is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It builds an open, mossy cup nest, generally in epiphytes or spiny palms.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
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Eyebrowed jungle flycatcher
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Vauriella
Species:
V. gularis
Binomial name
Vauriella gularis
(Sharpe, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Trichostoma gulare
  • Rhinomyias gulare
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This species was previously placed in the genus Rhinomyias but was moved to Vauriella when a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that Rhinomyias was polyphyletic.[3][4]

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