Maroon-breasted Philentoma

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Maroon-breasted Philentoma
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Prionopidae (but see text) Genus: Philentoma Species: P. velata
Binomial name
Philentoma velata (Temminck, 1825)

The Maroon-breasted Philentoma (Philentoma velata) is a bird species. Long placed in the flycatcher family (Muscicapidae) when these were used as a "wastebin taxon", they are now tentatively assigned to the Prionopidae pending detailed study. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] References

• BirdLife International 2004. Philentoma velata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.