The pygmy flycatcher (''Ficedula hodgsoni''), also known as the pygmy blue-flycatcher, is a bird species of the

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Muscicapidae The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia), with the exception of several vagrants and two species, bluethroat (''Luscinia svecica'') and north ...

Distribution and habitat

It is native to

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, western and southeastern

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, the Malay Peninsula, Bukit Barisan and montane

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. Its natural

habitat In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species' habitat can be seen as the physical manifestation of its ...

is subtropical or tropical moist

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Distribution and habitat

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