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[[Image:BOR 1929 grey-streaked flycatcher.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Jason+Bugay+Reyes|Jason Bugay Reyes}}<br />Danum Valley, Sabah, [[Borneo]], December 2008]]
 
 
[[Image:Dark-sided_Flycatcher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by ruchaiPhoto taken: Si Racha, [[Thailand]] ]]
 
 
;[[:Category:Muscicapa|Muscicapa]] sibirica
 
;[[:Category:Muscicapa|Muscicapa]] sibirica
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
13-14cm.
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[[Image:dark_sided_flycatcher_1_alok.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''M. s. gulmergi''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Dwarahat, Alt. 4800 ft. Uttarakhand [[Himalayas]], [[India]], October-2018]]
 
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13-14cm (5-5½ inch)
 
*Dark grey brown above
 
*Dark grey brown above
 
*White throat
 
*White throat
 
*White half collar
 
*White half collar
 
*Centre of lower breast and belly are white
 
*Centre of lower breast and belly are white
*Pale wingbar
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*Buff wingbar
 
*Breast and flanks streaked dark grey brown
 
*Breast and flanks streaked dark grey brown
*Pale submoustachial stripe  
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*Dark spots around center of whitish undertail coverts
*Dark malar stripe
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*Pale [[Topography#Heads|sub-moustachial]] stripe
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*Dark [[Topography#Heads|malar]] stripe
 
*White eyering
 
*White eyering
 
*Short dark bill
 
*Short dark bill
 
*Black feet
 
*Black feet
*Sexes alike
 
  
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*Sexes alike<br />
 
'''Juvenile'''
 
'''Juvenile'''
 
*Pale spots above
 
*Pale spots above
 
*Mottled breast
 
*Mottled breast
*Buff tipped wing coverts
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*Buff tipped wing [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]]
 
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====Similar Species====
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There is more than a striking similarity to the [[Grey-streaked Flycatcher]] when they are darting about in the willows. But the obvious differences are the buffy wing bar rather than white of the Grey-streaked and the wing extension is considerably shorter than the Grey-Streaked. The Dark-sided is also a browner bird rather than ash-grey of the Grey-Streaked.
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[[Image:dark_sided_flycatcher_2_alok.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Immature subspecies ''M. s. gulmergi''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Sat Tal Forest, Alt. 5500 ft. Uttarakhand [[Himalayas]], [[India]], October-2018]]
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Siberia]], [[Mongolia]], n e [[China]], [[North Korea]], [[Japan]], [[Myanmar]], s e [[Tibet]], [[Afghanistan]], and [[Kashmir]].  
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[[Asia]]: found in [[Russia]], [[Siberia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Mongolia]], [[China]], [[Tibet]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[Korea]], [[Japan]], [[Taiwan]], [[Hong Kong]]<br />
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'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Borneo]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Brunei]], [[Singapore]], [[Philippines]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]], [[Sumatra]] and [[Java]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
There are 4 subspecies.
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====Subspecies====
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There are 4 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
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*''M. s. sibirica'':
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:*South-eastern [[Siberia]] to [[Japan]]; winters to [[Indochina]] and [[Greater Sundas]]
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*''M. s. gulmergi'':
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:*Western [[Himalayas]] (eastern [[Afghanistan]] to Kashmir and Garhwal)
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*''M. s. cacabata'':
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:*Eastern Himalayas to south-eastern [[Tibet]] and north-eastern [[India]]; winters to southern [[Thailand]]
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*''M. s. rothschildi'':
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:*Mountains of western [[China]] to northern [[Myanmar]]; winters to [[Malaysia]] and Indochina
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[[Image:8688412556 7cd4ab0229 z.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Sub adult<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|SeeToh|SeeToh}}<br />[[Panti Bird Sanctuary]], Johor, [[Malaysia]], April 2013]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Coniferous and mixed forest.
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Broadleaf evergreen forest and secondary growth; forest edges up to 1,160 meters; river/Paddy areas and gardens.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
The diet includes insects which are aerially hawked.
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====Diet====
 
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The diet includes small invertebrates, flies and midges etc which are aerially hawked.
The nest is cup-shaped nest; 3-4 pale green with red markings eggs are laid.
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====Breeding====
 
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The nest is cup-shaped nest which is built by the female. The clutch consists of 3-4 pale green eggs with red markings.
 
==References==
 
==References==
Wikipedia
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
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#Wikipedia
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#BF Member observations
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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Latest revision as of 14:38, 12 July 2024

Photo © by Jason Bugay Reyes
Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, December 2008
Muscicapa sibirica

Identification

Subspecies M. s. gulmergi
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Dwarahat, Alt. 4800 ft. Uttarakhand Himalayas, India, October-2018

13-14cm (5-5½ inch)

  • Dark grey brown above
  • White throat
  • White half collar
  • Centre of lower breast and belly are white
  • Buff wingbar
  • Breast and flanks streaked dark grey brown
  • Dark spots around center of whitish undertail coverts
  • Pale sub-moustachial stripe
  • Dark malar stripe
  • White eyering
  • Short dark bill
  • Black feet
  • Sexes alike

Juvenile

  • Pale spots above
  • Mottled breast
  • Buff tipped wing coverts

Similar Species

There is more than a striking similarity to the Grey-streaked Flycatcher when they are darting about in the willows. But the obvious differences are the buffy wing bar rather than white of the Grey-streaked and the wing extension is considerably shorter than the Grey-Streaked. The Dark-sided is also a browner bird rather than ash-grey of the Grey-Streaked.

Immature subspecies M. s. gulmergi
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Sat Tal Forest, Alt. 5500 ft. Uttarakhand Himalayas, India, October-2018

Distribution

Asia: found in Russia, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, China, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra and Java.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies[1]

  • M. s. sibirica:
  • M. s. gulmergi:
  • M. s. cacabata:
  • Eastern Himalayas to south-eastern Tibet and north-eastern India; winters to southern Thailand
  • M. s. rothschildi:
Sub adult
Photo © by SeeToh
Panti Bird Sanctuary, Johor, Malaysia, April 2013

Habitat

Broadleaf evergreen forest and secondary growth; forest edges up to 1,160 meters; river/Paddy areas and gardens.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes small invertebrates, flies and midges etc which are aerially hawked.

Breeding

The nest is cup-shaped nest which is built by the female. The clutch consists of 3-4 pale green eggs with red markings.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
  4. Wikipedia
  5. BF Member observations

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External Links


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