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[[Image:Mugmaki FC 3.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|mohbhorn|mohbhorn}}<br /> Vachirabenjatas Park, Bangkok, [[Thailand]]]]
[[Image:Mugmaki FC 3.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|mohbhorn|mohbhorn}}. Location:  Vachirabenjatas Park, Bangkok, [[Thailand]]]]
 
[[Image:Mugimaki_Flycatcher.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by {{user|jweeyh|jweeyh}}. Location:  Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore]]
 
 
'''Alternative name: Robin Flycatcher'''
 
'''Alternative name: Robin Flycatcher'''
 
;[[:Category:Ficedula|Ficedula]] mugimaki
 
;[[:Category:Ficedula|Ficedula]] mugimaki
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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.
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13 to 13.5 cm<br />
 
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*Black upperparts
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*Short white supercilium
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*White wing-patch
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*White edges to the tertials
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*White at the base of the outer tail-feathers
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*Orange red breast and throat
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*White belly and undertail-coverts<br />
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[[Image:Mugimaki_Flycatcher.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|jweeyh|jweeyh}}<br />[[Bukit Timah Nature Reserve]], [[Singapore]]]]
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'''Female'''
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*Grey-brown above
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*Pale orange-brown breast and throat
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*No white in the tail
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*One or two pale wingbars
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*Faint or absent supercilium<br />
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'''Young males'''<br />
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*Similar to the female but have a brighter orange breast, white in the tail and a more obvious supercilium.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
Eastern [[Asia]] and [[Siberia]] and north-east [[China]]. Accidental vagrant to [[Alaska]] with 1 record.
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They range from [[Eurasia]] north of the [[Himalayas]], north-eastern [[China]], [[Japan]], and they fly to e.g., [[Singapore]] in migration.
  
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Accidental vagrant to [[Alaska]] with 1 record.
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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Monotypic<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
High altitude forest and woodland.
 
High altitude forest and woodland.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
Its diet includes insects which are caught in flight.
 
Its diet includes insects which are caught in flight.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Wikipedia
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Ficedula+mugimaki}}
 
{{GSearch|Ficedula+mugimaki}}
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Ficedula]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Ficedula]]

Revision as of 20:35, 26 November 2009

Photo by mohbhorn
Vachirabenjatas Park, Bangkok, Thailand

Alternative name: Robin Flycatcher

Ficedula mugimaki

Identification

13 to 13.5 cm

  • 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

They range from Eurasia north of the Himalayas, north-eastern China, Japan, and they fly to e.g., Singapore in migration.

Accidental vagrant to Alaska with 1 record.

Taxonomy

Monotypic[1]

Habitat

High altitude forest and woodland.

Behaviour

Its diet includes insects which are caught in flight.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Wikipedia

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