- Ficedula mugimaki
Identification
Also known as the Robin Flycatcher.
13 to 13.5 cm. Black upperparts, short white supercilium behind the eye, white wing-patch, white edges to the tertials and 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 rather than a white wing-patch and faint or absent supercilium. Young males are similar to the female but have a brighter orange breast, white in the tail and a more obvious supercilium.
Distribution
Eastern Siberia and north-east China. Accidental vagrant to Alaska with 1 record.
Taxonomy
Habitat
High altitude forest and woodland.
Behaviour
Its diet includes insects which are caught in flight.
