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{{speciesbox
| name = Broad-billed flycatcher
| image =Myiagra ruficollis - Broad-billed Flycatcher.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=''Myiagra ruficollis'' |volume=2017 |page=e.T22707400A118760343 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22707400A118760343.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Myiagra
| species = ruficollis
| authority = ([[Louis Pierre Vieillot|Vieillot]], 1818)
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision = See text
| synonyms = * ''Platyrhynchos ruficollis''
}}
The '''broad-billed flycatcher''' ('''''Myiagra ruficollis''''') is a species of [[bird]] in the family [[Monarchidae]].  It is found in northern Australia, the [[Lesser Sunda Islands]] and southern [[New Guinea]].  Its natural [[habitat]]s are [[subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest]], subtropical or tropical [[mangrove forest]], and subtropical or tropical moist [[montane forest]].
==Taxonomy and systematics==
[[File:Broad Billed Flycatcher with caterpillar.jpg|thumb|Broad-billed flycatcher with caterpillar - Fogg Dam, Middle Point, Northern Territory, Australia]]
The broad-billed flycatcher was originally described in the genus ''[[Eurylaimus|Platyrhynchos]]''. The name "broad-billed flycatcher" is also used as an alternate name for the [[Melanesian flycatcher]].
===Subspecies===
Three [[subspecies]] are recognized:<ref>{{Cite journal|title=IOC World Bird List 6.4|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ioc-lists/crossref|journal=IOC World Bird List Datasets|doi=10.14344/ioc.ml.6.4|doi-access=free}}</ref>
* ''M. r. ruficollis'' - <small>([[Louis Pierre Vieillot|Vieillot]], 1818)</small>: Found on southern and eastern Lesser Sunda Islands and islands in the [[Flores Sea]]
* '''Buff-bellied flycatcher''' (''M. r. fulviventris'') - <small>[[Philip Sclater|Sclater, PL]], 1883</small>: Originally described as a separate species until 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/updates/archives/species-v1/|title=Species Version 1 « IOC World Bird List|website=www.worldbirdnames.org|access-date=2016-11-01}}</ref> Also known as '''Tanimbar flycatcher''' but is not to be confused with the species of the same name, ''[[Tanimbar flycatcher|Ficedula riedeli]]''. Found on the [[Tanimbar Islands]]
* ''M. r. mimikae'' - <small>[[William Robert Ogilvie-Grant|Ogilvie-Grant]], 1911</small>: Originally described as a separate species. Found in southern New Guinea, [[Aru Islands]] (off south-western New Guinea), islands of the [[Torres Strait]] and northern and north-eastern Australia
==Description==
In northern Australia, the broad-billed flycatcher is commonly found in moist forests and scrub surrounding permanent and seasonal fresh water areas such as billabongs and wet season marshes. Its size ranges from 14 to 17&nbsp;cm. The bird feeds in the forest canopy on insects and small invertebrates. Unlike co-resident related species such as the paperbark flycatcher (''M. nana'') the broad-billed flycatcher is rarely seen hawking for insects in open areas outside the canopy.
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[[File:Broad Billed Flycatcher.jpg|thumb|Fogg Dam, Middle Point, Northern Territory, Australia, March 2014]]
==References==
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{{Monarchidae|2}}
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[[Category:Myiagra|broad-billed flycatcher]]
[[Category:Birds of the Lesser Sunda Islands]]
[[Category:Birds of southern New Guinea]]
[[Category:Birds of the Northern Territory]]
[[Category:Birds of Queensland]]
[[Category:Birds described in 1818|broad-billed flycatcher]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Louis Pierre Vieillot]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
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