Furtive flycatcher | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Ficedula |
Species: | F. disposita
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Binomial name | |
Ficedula disposita (Ripley & Marshall, 1967)
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The furtive flycatcher (Ficedula disposita) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. The furtive flycatcher can be identified by a faint, high-pitched, 2-3 note call.[2] The Furtive Flycatcher is a small olive brown bird that stands 11–11.5 centimeters tall[3]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss with 1/3 of the Philippines forest cover being lost between 1990 and 2005 [4]