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Ficedula
The ''Ficedula'' flycatchers are a genus of Old World flycatchers. The genus is the largest in the family, containing around thirty species. They have sometimes been included in the genus ''Muscicapa''. The genus is found in Europe, Asia and Africa. Several species are highly migratory, whereas other species are sedentary. Taxonomy and systematics The genus was introduced by the French naturalist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the European pied flycatcher (''Ficedula hypoleuca'') as the type species. The genus name is from Latin and refers to a small fig-eating bird (''ficus'', "fig") supposed to change into the Eurasian blackcap, blackcap in winter. Extant species The genus contains the following species: Former species Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus ''Ficedula'': * Indian black-naped blue monarch (as ''Siphia Styani'') Speciation A 2015 study on genomic pattern of differentiation, also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Pied Flycatcher
The European pied flycatcher (''Ficedula hypoleuca'') is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. One of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers, it bird hybrid, hybridises to a limited extent with the collared flycatcher. It breeds in most of Europe and across the Western Palearctic. It is migratory, wintering mainly in tropical Africa. It usually builds its nests in holes on oak trees. This species practices Polygyny in animals, polygyny, usually bigamy, with the male travelling large distances to acquire a second mate. The male will mate with the secondary female and then return to the primary female in order to help with aspects of child rearing, such as feeding. The European pied flycatcher is mainly insectivorous, although its diet also includes other arthropods. This species commonly feeds on caterpillars, flies, spiders, ants, bees and similar prey. The European pied flycatcher has a very large range and population size and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
The yellow-rumped flycatcher (''Ficedula zanthopygia''), also known as Korean flycatcher or tricolor flycatcher, is a species of flycatcher found in eastern Asia. A distinctive species with almost no look-alike other than the narcissus flycatcher. It breeds in eastern Asia including parts of Mongolia, Transbaikal, southern China, Korea and western Japan. They winter in parts of the Malay Peninsula and South Asia. Identification In all plumages the yellow rump is distinctive. The white supercilium of the male is distinctive, separating it from the narcissus flycatcher and the Chinese flycatcher. Females and first year males are olive grey above with blackish tail. Hartert (1910) treated this species as a member of the ''narcissina'' group. Some individuals with yellow supercilium have been considered as hybrids with the narcissus flycatcher. Included in this species complex was the species called Elise's flycatcher, usually treated as a subspecies of the narcissus flycatcher. Both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red-breasted Flycatcher
The red-breasted flycatcher (''Ficedula parva'') is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in eastern Europe and across Central Asia and is bird migration, migratory, wintering in south Asia. The bird is a regular passage migrant in western Europe, whereas the collared flycatcher which breeds further east is rare. This is because of the different migration direction. The Asian species ''Ficedula albicilla'', previously considered a subspecies of the red-breasted flycatcher, has the red throat surrounded by grey and a different song. It is usually now separated as the taiga flycatcher (Peter Simon Pallas, Pallas, 1811). The breeding male of this small 11–12 cm long flycatcher is mainly brown above and white below, with a grey head and orange throat. The bill is black and has the broad but pointed shape typical of aerial insectivores. As well as taking insects in flight, this species hunts caterpillars amongst the oak foliage, and will take berr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slaty-backed Flycatcher
The slaty-backed flycatcher (''Ficedula erithacus'') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is native to the eastern Himalayas, central China, Yunnan ; it winters to northern Indochina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures lapse rate, fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is ...s. It is omnivorous.Singh, Vaibhav Kumar, and Parul Bhatnagar. "Checklist of birds of Rudraprayag Forest Division, Uttarakhand." ''ZOO'S PRINT'' 36.8 (2021): 21-32. References Further reading * * slaty-backed flycatcher Birds of the Himalayas Birds of China Birds of Yunnan Wintering birds of Indochina slaty-backed flycatcher slaty-backed flycatcher Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Muscicapida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mugimaki Flycatcher
The mugimaki flycatcher (''Ficedula mugimaki'') is a small passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the genus ''Ficedula'' in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. The name "mugimaki" comes from Japanese and means "wheat-sower". The bird is also known as the robin flycatcher. Description The mugimaki flycatcher is 13 to 13.5 centimetres long. It has a rattling call and often flicks its wings and tail. The adult male has blackish upperparts with a short white supercilium behind the eye, a white wing-patch, white edges to the tertials and white at the base of the outer tail-feathers. The breast and throat are orange-red while the belly and undertail-coverts are white. The female is grey-brown above with a pale orange-brown breast and throat. She lacks white in the tail, has one or two pale wingbars rather than a white wing-patch and has a supercilium that is either faint or absent entirely. Young males are similar to the female but have a brighter orange breast, white i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narcissus Flycatcher
The narcissus flycatcher (''Ficedula narcissina'') is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It is native to the East Palearctic, from Sakhalin to the north, through Japan across through Korea, mainland China, and Taiwan, wintering in southeast Asia, including the Philippines, Vietnam and Borneo. It is highly migratory, and has been found as a vagrant from Australia in the south to Alaska in the nort Narcissus flycatcher males are very distinctive in full breeding plumage, having a black crown and mantle, a bright orange throat with paler chest and underparts, an orange-yellow eyebrow, black wings with a white wing patch, an orange-yellow rump, and a black tail. Non-breeding males have varying levels of yellow. Females are completely dissimilar, with generally buff-brown coloration, with rusty-colored wings, and a two-toned eyering. This species primarily feeds on insects, and lives in deciduous woodlands. Breeding males sing in repeated melodious whistles. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pygmy Flycatcher
The pygmy flycatcher (''Ficedula hodgsoni''), also known as the pygmy blue-flycatcher, is a bird species of the family Muscicapidae. Distribution and habitat It is native to Eastern Himalaya, western and southeastern Indochina, the Malay Peninsula, Bukit Barisan and montane Borneo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures lapse rate, fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is ...s. References Further reading * * pygmy flycatcher Birds of Bhutan Birds of Nepal Birds of Northeast India Birds of Southeast Asia pygmy flycatcher Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Muscicapidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ficedula Sapphira
The sapphire flycatcher (''Ficedula sapphira'') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures lapse rate, fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is ...s. Gallery File:Ficedula sapphira 2.jpg, Close-up of a male's head. Note the red colouration on the throat File:Ficedula sapphira 1.jpg, Juvenile male, Arunachal Pradesh, India File:SAPHIRE-FLYCATCHER.jpg, Sapphire flycatcher male in Latpanchar, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India References sapphire flycatcher Birds of Eastern Himalaya Birds of China Birds of Yunnan Birds of Myanmar Birds of Laos sapphire flycatcher sapphire flycatcher Taxonomy articles created by Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowy-browed Flycatcher
The snowy-browed flycatcher (''Ficedula hyperythra'') is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Fourteen subspecies are recognised: * ''F. h. hyperythra'' ( Blyth, 1843) – central Himalayas to central south China, north, central Indochina, north Thailand and Myanmar * ''F. h. annamensis'' (Robinson & Kloss, 1919) – central south Vietnam * ''F. h. innexa'' ( Swinhoe, 1866) – Taiwan * ''F. h. sumatrana'' ( Hachisuka, 1926) – montane Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and north Borneo * ''F. h. mjobergi'' ( Hartert, EJO, 1925) – montane northwest Borneo * ''F. h. vulcani'' (Robinson, 1918) – montane Java, Bali and Lombok, Sumbawa and Flores (west, central Lesser Sunda Islands) * ''F. h. clara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
