Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Javan Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis banyumas), recorded as Critically Endangered
Javan Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis banyumas). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Javan Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis banyumas

Javan Blue Flycatcher is a perching bird in the family Muscicapidae (order Passeriformes) — Cyornis banyumas, recorded as Critically Endangered and tied to India.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Cyornis banyumas
Recorded from
India
Taxonomy
Aves · Passeriformes · Muscicapidae · Cyornis

The perching bird

Published measurements include mass about 14.5.

Perching birds: the largest bird order. A species may be a babbler, a sparrow, a manakin, or a leafbird.

This is a named wild bird with a photograph and a threat category on the public record.

Range and habitat

It is endemic to the Indonesian islands of Java and Panaitan.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

It is typically solitary or spends time in pairs.

In crisis

Javan Blue Flycatcher is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Javan blue flycatcher — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q116986. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Rück's Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis ruckii), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Rück's Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis ruckii
Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus
Photograph of Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Javan rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus
Photograph of Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Sumatran orangutan

Pongo abelii

Quick answers

What is Javan Blue Flycatcher?
Javan Blue Flycatcher is a perching bird in the family Muscicapidae (order Passeriformes) — Cyornis banyumas.
What is the conservation status of Javan Blue Flycatcher?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Cyornis banyumas. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Javan Blue Flycatcher live?
It is endemic to the Indonesian islands of Java and Panaitan.
Why is Javan Blue Flycatcher in crisis?
It is Critically Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Cyornis banyumas?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Javan Blue Flycatcher a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.