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Adult Fidecula parva parva
Photo by ekhohe
Finland, 2004

Ficedula parva

Includes: Taiga Flycatcher

[edit] Identification

11-12 cm

• Ashy-brown upperparts, paler beneath
  
• Brown bill
  
• Dark brown legs
  
• Noticeable white patches at base of tail
  

Male
Bright reddish-orange throat and upper breast

Taiga Flycatcher
Photo by 1000miles
Khao Yai, Thailand, January 2007

Female and Juvenile duller brown above and whitish below

[edit] Distribution

Europe, central Asia; migratory, wintering in south Asia.

[edit] Taxonomy

• F. p. parva: (Red-breasted Flycatcher)

• Northern Europe to southern Urals, Balkans and southern Caspian; winters to southern Asia

• F. p. albicilla: (Taiga Flycatcher). Has a red throat surrounded by grey and a different song.

• Siberia to Kamchatka Peninsula and northern Mongolia; winters to Borneo

The Asian race F. p. albicilla is sometimes separated as the Taiga Flycatcher, or Red-throated Flycatcher, Ficedula albicilla (Pallas, 1811)^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Juvenile or female parva
Photo by Pavel
Shabla, Bulgaria, September 2005

Deciduous woodland near water.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Movement

Flycatches from perch, and will also 'glean' warbler-like amongst leaves.
Often flicking and cocking tail and sits with 'drooping wings'

[edit] Breeding

An open nest in a tree hole is built and 4-7 eggs are laid.

[edit] Diet

It feeds by taking insects in flight and caterpillars from among oak leaves. It also eats berries.

[edit] Vocalisation

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Wikipedia
3. Birdwatchers Pocket Guide ISBN 1-85732-804-3
4. Collins Pocket Guide to British Birds 1966
5. Collins Field Guide 5th Edition

• List of references

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