Alternative name: Robin Flycatcher
- Ficedula mugimaki
Identification
12·5–13·5 cm (5-5¼ in)
- Black upperparts
- Short white supercilium
- White wing-patch
- White edges to the tertials
- White at the base of the outer tail-feathers
- Orange red breast and throat
- White belly and undertail-coverts
Female
- Grey-brown above
- Pale orange-brown breast and throat
- No white in the tail
- One or two pale wingbars
- Faint or absent supercilium
Young males
- Similar to the female but have a brighter orange breast, white in the tail and a more obvious supercilium.
Distribution
Eastern Asia; breeding from central-southern Siberia east to north-eastern China and Sakhalin, and migrating to southern China, Vietnam, Laos, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia in winter; also frequent on migration in Korea, Japan and Thailand.
Accidental vagrant to Alaska with 1 record.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
They breed in submontane broadleaf and conifer forests
Behaviour
Diet
Primarily insects; rarely also berries and seeds.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Mugimaki Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Mugimaki_Flycatcher
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