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'''Alternative name: Korean Flycatcher'''
[[Image:Yellow-rumped_Flycatcher.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by Micky]]
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[[Image:Yellow-rumped_Flycatcher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|Micky|Micky}}<br />Happy Island, [[China]], May 2004]]
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;[[:Category:Ficedula|Ficedula]] zanthopygia
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
photo adult male.
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13 to 13.5cm (5-5¼ in)<br />
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'''Male'''
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*Black upper parts
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*White supercilium
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*White wing patch
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*Narrow white streak on inner [[Topography#Wings|secondaries]]
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*Yellow rump
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*Bright yellow underparts
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*White under-tail[[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]]
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[[Image:Yellow-rumped_Flycatcherfem.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by the late
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[https://www.birdforum.net/gallery/users/dr-manjeet-singh.21146/ Dr Manjeet Singh]<br />Pondamaran-jaya, Port Klang, Selangor, [[Malaysia]],  October 2005]]
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'''Female'''
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*Olive brown upperparts
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*Yellow rump
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*Thin wingbar
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*Narrow pale streak on inner secondaries
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*Yellowish-buff underparts
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*Olive-brown scalings on throat and breast
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*White orbital ring
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*Pale [[Topography#Heads|lores]]
  
The Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia) is a species of flycatcher found in Asia. A distinctive species with almost no lookalike other than the Narcissus flycatcher. Hartert (1907) treated this as a part of the narcissina group.
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====Similar Species====
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Similar only to the [[Narcissus Flycatcher]].
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==Distribution==
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[[Image:Yellow-rumped FC M10.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Male showing rear view<br />Photo by {{user|mohbhorn|mohbhorn}}<br />Buddha's Sphere, [[Thailand]], September 2009]]
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'''Breeds''' in the mountains of north-eastern [[Asia]].<br />
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'''Winters''' in south-eastern [[Asia]] and [[Greater Sundas]].
  
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.
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May also winter in central and southern [[India]].
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== Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
  
The breeding area of the species is in Eastern Asia. North Korea and China. From 1992, the species has been seen to winter in Central and Southern India.
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==Habitat==
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Broad-leafed forests, forest edges, scrub, plantations and wooded areas.
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==Behaviour==
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Solitary, frequents the lower storey but will also feed in the canopy. Often quiet and unobtrusive.
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists of small invertebrates, fruit and berries.
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====Breeding====
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The nest is placed in a tree hole or on a branch; it is cup-shaped and formed from moss, grass and plant fibres.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2016)
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#Wikipedia
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#BF Member observations
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{{ref}}
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==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Ficedula+zanthopygia}}
  
==External Links==
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Ficedula]]
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=zanthopygia View more images of Yellow-rumped Flycatcher in the gallery]
 
[[Category:Birds]]
 

Latest revision as of 20:52, 18 December 2023

Alternative name: Korean Flycatcher

Male
Photo by Micky
Happy Island, China, May 2004
Ficedula zanthopygia

Identification

13 to 13.5cm (5-5¼ in)
Male

  • Black upper parts
  • White supercilium
  • White wing patch
  • Narrow white streak on inner secondaries
  • Yellow rump
  • Bright yellow underparts
  • White under-tailcoverts
Photo © by the late Dr Manjeet Singh
Pondamaran-jaya, Port Klang, Selangor, Malaysia, October 2005

Female

  • Olive brown upperparts
  • Yellow rump
  • Thin wingbar
  • Narrow pale streak on inner secondaries
  • Yellowish-buff underparts
  • Olive-brown scalings on throat and breast
  • White orbital ring
  • Pale lores

Similar Species

Similar only to the Narcissus Flycatcher.

Distribution

Male showing rear view
Photo by mohbhorn
Buddha's Sphere, Thailand, September 2009

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

May also winter in central and southern India.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Broad-leafed forests, forest edges, scrub, plantations and wooded areas.

Behaviour

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

Diet

Their diet consists of small invertebrates, fruit and berries.

Breeding

The nest is placed in a tree hole or on a branch; it is cup-shaped and formed from moss, grass and plant fibres.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2016)
  3. Wikipedia
  4. BF Member observations

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