Rufous Gorgeted flycatcher (Ficedula strophiata)

INDIAN FLYCATCHERS - 17
PAKHI DEKHOON PAKHI CHINOON @ 807 [Observe the bird and recognize] A4Watercolour [From the Ref. photograph of Internet] The Rufous-gorgeted flycatcher (Ficedula strophiata) is a species of bird in the familyMuscicapidae.
It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan,Hong Kong, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
13145 cm; 1015 g. Small to medium-sized forest flycatcher with prominent face pattern, rufous patch on breast and white patches at base of tail.
Song a thin but evenly spaced zwi-chirr rri or zreet-creet-creet-chirt-chirt.
Food not well known; includes small invertebrates. Usually solitary or in pairs. Forages in undergrowth, occasionally on ground .
Nominate race a short-distance migrant and altitudinal migrant.
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