Broad-billed Flycatcher

Broad-billed Flycatcher belongs to bird in the family Monarchidae. The broad-billed flycatcher was originally described in the genus Platyrhynchos. The name "broad-billed flycatcher" is also used as an alternate name for the Melanesian flycatcher. Also known as Tanimbar flycatcher but is not to be confused with the species of the same name, Ficedula riedeli. Its size ranges from 14 to 17 cm. Unlike co-resident related species such as the paperbark flycatcher (M. nana) the broad-billed flycatcher is rarely seen hawking for insects in open areas outside the canopy. (Wikipedia, general species account).

Its recorded distribution includes northern Australia, the Lesser Sunda Islands and southern New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Three subspecies are recognized: M. r. ruficollis - (Vieillot, 1818): Found on southern and eastern Lesser Sunda Islands and islands in the Flores Sea Buff-bellied flycatcher (M. r. fulviventris) - Sclater, PL, 1883: Originally described as a separate species until 2008. (Wikipedia, general species account).