White-browed jungle-flycatcher

(Rhinomyias insignis)

Description

The white-browed jungle flycatcher (Vauriella insignis) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.It is endemic to Luzon island,in the Philippines.The natural habitat of the white-browed jungle flycatcher is tropical moist montane forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.This species was previously placed in the genus Rhinomyias but was moved to Vauriella when a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that Rhinomyias was polyphyletic

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Muscicapidae
Genus:Rhinomyias
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