rufous-chested flycatcher

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

{{speciesbox

| name = Rufous-chested flycatcher

| image = ErythromyiasKeulemans.jpg

| image_caption = Illustration by Keulemans, 1879

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=Ficedula dumetoria |volume=2017 |page=e.T103771653A111167423 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103771653A111167423.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Ficedula

| species = dumetoria

| authority = (Wallace, 1864)

| synonyms = *Erythromyias dumetoria

  • Erythromyias muelleri}}

The rufous-chested flycatcher (Ficedula dumetoria) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The former subspecies Ficedula dumetoria riedeli is now usually considered a full species - the Tanimbar flycatcher.

It is insectivorous.{{Cite journal |last=Kissinger |last2=Pitri |first2=RMN |last3=Violet |date=2020-06-01 |title=Vegetation and Fauna Diversity of High Conservation Value (HCV) Swamp Areas in Oil Palm Plantation |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/499/1/012017 |journal=IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science |volume=499 |issue=1 |pages=012017 |doi=10.1088/1755-1315/499/1/012017 |issn=1755-1307|doi-access=free }}

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