From Opus

Alternative name: Korean Flycatcher

Male
Photo by Micky
Happy Island, China, May 2004

Ficedula zanthopygia

[edit] Identification

13 to 13.5cm
Male - Black upper parts with white supercilium, bold white wing patch with thin white streak on inner secondaries and bright yellow rump diagnostic. Underparts bright yellow with white under tail coverts. Female. Olive brown upperparts with yellow rump diagnostic. Shows thin wingbar and thin pale streak on inner secondaries. Underparts pale yellowish buff with fine olive brown scalings on throat and breast. Shows diagnostic white orbital and pale lores.

Photo by Dr Manjeet Singh
Pondamaran-jaya, Port Klang, Selangor, Malaysia, October 2005

[edit] Similar Species

Similar only to the Narcissus Flycatcher.

[edit] Distribution

Breeds in the mountains of north-eastern Asia; winters in south-eastern Asia and Greater Sundas.

They have been seen to winter in central and southern India since 1922.^[2]

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

Hartert (1907) treated this as a part of the narcissina group.^[2]

Included in this species complex was the species called Elise's Flycatcher. Weigold (1922) found this species to be distinct and found the elisae and zanthopygia species breeding in the same area in oak forest near Peking.^[2]

[edit] Habitat

Forests, forest edges, scrubs, plantations and wooded areas.

[edit] Behaviour

Solitary, frequents the lower storey but will also feed in the canopy. Often quiet and unobtrusive.

[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.
2. Wikipedia
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

[edit] External Links