- Myiagra inquieta
Identification
20·5 cm (8 in)
Male
- Black head with bluish iridescence
- Matt black lores
- Grey back
- White underparts
Distribution
Photo by Ken Doy
Sandy Camp Rd Wetlands, Queensland, Australia, April 2017
Papua New Guinea and Australia: found in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Open forests and eucalyp woodlands and farmland. Usually near water.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of insects, spiders and centipedes. Usually seen singly or in pairs and may join mixed species flocks with Willie Wagtails.
Breeding
Both adults construct a large cup-shaped nest using shredded bark and grasses, matted and bound with spider webs. It is lined with soft bark, grasses, hair or feathers and decorated with lichen, strips of bark or spiders' egg sacs. Both parents incubate the eggs and rear the young.
Vocalisation
Call: is typically described as sounding like a "scissor grinder".
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2017)
- BF member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Restless Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Restless_Flycatcher
External Links
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