Rag flycatcher

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Rag flycatcher
Rag flycatcher, female

Rag flycatcher, female

Systematics
Order : Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination : Songbirds (passeri)
Superfamily : Corvoidea
Family : Snapper Shrike (Platysteiridae)
Genre : Platysteira
Type : Rag flycatcher
Scientific name
Platysteira cyanea
( Statius Müller , 1776)

The lobed flycatcher ( Platysteira cyanea ), also known as the brown-throated lobed flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family of the flycatcher .

Appearance

The up to 13 centimeters large birds have a whitish belly plumage, the back, the chest and the head are black. The birds have a noticeable, thick red flap of skin over their eyes. The beak is black and the legs are gray in color. The female has brown to black plumage on the throat, while this region is white in the male.

Rag flycatcher, male

Way of life

The birds look for insects in small groups in forests. The animals keep in touch with their fellow species with loud twittering. When food becomes scarce in an area, the birds go on longer migrations for new sources of food.

distribution

Their main distribution area are the forests of West, Central and Northeast Africa. There they can also be found on agricultural areas near human settlements.

Reproduction

The female builds a bowl-shaped nest out of grass, lichen and other plant materials, which is attached to branches with the help of spider silk. The clutch of the female comprises two white to greenish, spotted eggs.

Danger

Since this bird species is still relatively common and the population size is stable, the IUCN classifies this species as potentially endangered ( Least Concern ).

Subspecies

There are three known subspecies:

Etymology and history of research

Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller described the flycatcher under the name Muscicapa cyanea . The type specimen for the description comes from Senegal. It was later classified in the genus Platysteira . This name comes from the Greek »platys, πλατυς « for »broad, wide« and »steira, στειρα « for »ship's keel«. The specific epithet »cyanea« is derived from the Latin »cyaneus« or from the Greek »kyaneos, κυανεος « for »dark blue«. "Nyansae" comes from the old name "Victoria Nyanza" for Lake Victoria . Finally, "aethiopica" refers to the country of Ethiopia, as Neumann wrote of the Abyssinian form in his description .

Source

  • The great world empire of the animals. Planet Media AG, Zug 1992, ISBN 3-8247-8614-1 , pp. 352, 353.
  • Joseph Michael Forshaw (ed.), David Kirshner: Encyclopedia of the Wildlife: Birds. Translated from the English by Derek Vinyard. Orbis, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 978-3-572-01378-4 , pp. 290, 293.
  • James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
  • Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller: The knight Carl von Linné royal Swedish personal physician uu complete natural system. Volume of supplements and registers covering all six parts or classes of the animal kingdom. Made out with a detailed declaration . Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, Nuremberg 1776 ( online [accessed November 24, 2014]).
  • Oscar Rudolph Neumann: Birds of the Shoah and South Ethiopia . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 53 , no. 1 , 1905, pp. 184–243 ( online [accessed November 24, 2014]).

Web links

Commons : Lappcatcher ( Platysteira cyanea )  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IOC World Bird List Batises, woodshrikes, bushshrikes & Vangas
  2. ^ A b Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, p. 170.
  3. ↑ a b c Oscar Rudolph Neumann, p. 210.
  4. ↑ James A. Jobling, p. 309.
  5. ↑ James A. Jobling, p. 126.
  6. ↑ Oscar Rudolph Neumann, p. 211.