White-browed Jungle-Flycatcher

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The White-browed Jungle-Flycatcher is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

The White-browed Jungle-flycatcher (Rhinomyias insignis) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Rhinomyias insignis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007. More

White-browed Jungle-flycatcher Rhinomyias insignis 2009 IUCN Red List Category (as evaluated by BirdLife International - the official Red List Authority for birds for IUCN): Vulnerable Justification This montane flycatcher qualifies as Vulnerable because its small, naturally fragmented range and population are subject to continuing rapid declines as a result of habitat destruction, chiefly around the lower limit of its altitudinal range. More

white-browed jungle-flycatcher (Rhinomyias insignis) of the Philippines (Vulnerable), the Grand Comoro flycatcher (Humblotia flavirostris) of the Comoro Islands (Endangered), the Lampobattang flycatcher (Ficedula bonthaina) of Indonesia (Endangered), the red-tailed newtonia (Newtonia fanovanae) of Madagascar (Vulnerable), and the banded wattle-eye (Platysteira laticincta) of Cameroon (Endangered). All of these species are at-risk because of historical and ongoing habitat loss and fragmentation. More

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Order : Passeriformes
Family : Muscicapidae
Genus : Rhinomyias
Species : insignis
Authority : Ogilvie-Grant, 1895