White-tailed flycatcher

The white-tailed flycatcher (Leucoptilon concretum) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Leucoptilon. Prior to 2022, it was classified in the genus Cyornis, but was reclassified into Leucoptilon by the International Ornithological Congress based on a 2021 phylogenetic study.^[4][5]

White-tailed flycatcher
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Leucoptilon Sangster et al., 2021
Species:	L. concretum
Binomial name
Leucoptilon concretum (Müller, 1836)
Subspecies[2]
Cyornis concretus subsp. concretus (S. Muller, 1836) Cyornis concretus subsp. cyaneus (Hume, 1877) Cyornis concretus subsp. everetti (Sharpe, 1890)
Synonyms[3]
Muscicapa concreta Müller, 1836 Cyornis concretus

It is split into three subspecies :

• C. c. concretus — southern Malay Peninsula and Barisan Mountains (Sumatra)
• C. c. cyaneus — northeast India to northern Laos and Vietnam
• C. c. everetti — Borneo

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.