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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bryon Wright" data-source="post: 3482130" data-attributes="member: 2304">FlycatcherHi Gandytron and John,agree with  you John  but in a wider Asian context the journey around ABF, from the top of  Kinabalu to the mangroves of Krabi is still a tortuous one. Gandytron's picture perhaps shows the upper limits of the paler wing markings on  an immature,  ABF.  The wintering adults are usually  very plain and I have never come across an obvious moulting adult. The adults  seem to look perfect in feather in every month! Some also show stronger and variegated rather than plain side markings.This is probably nothing to do with moult and can be the confusion point.For the first time visitor, like Scott,  B. King's original treatment was at least reasonably accessible as a starting point, but it precludes Borneo.  I have added my own sketches and annotations to this treatment but Gandytron and dig deep and others  have produced  great photographs as well as making more contemporary cogent comments. The earlier names of brown, chocolate, and sooty flycatcher where also  easier for the first time visitor to assimilate. Great to see some behavourial attributions from direct observation as well. This has recently been discussed on bird forum.</blockquote>