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Sumatran blue robin

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Sumatran blue robin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Myiomela
Species:
M. sumatrana
Binomial name
Myiomela sumatrana
(Robinson & Kloss, 1918)

The Sumatran blue robin (Myiomela sumatrana) is an Old World flycatcher in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Javan blue robin (M. diana), with the two being united under the name Sunda robin, but a 2020 study found them to represent distinct species. M. sumatrana can be physically distinguished from M. diana by its much darker plumage in both males and females.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Ng, Elize Y. X.; Yue, Arya Y.; Eaton, James A.; Gwee, Chyi Yin; Balen, Bas van; Rheindt, Frank E. (2020-06-30). "Integrative taxonomy reveals cryptic robin lineage in the Greater Sunda Islands". Treubia. 47 (1): 39–52. doi:10.14203/treubia.v47i1.3872. ISSN 2337-876X.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 March 2021.