Rufous-winged Philentoma

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Rufous-winged Philentoma
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Prionopidae (but see text)
Genus: Philentoma
Species: P. pyrhoptera
Binomial name
Philentoma pyrhoptera
(Temminck, 1836)

The Rufous-winged Philentoma (Philentoma pyrhoptera) 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, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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