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[[Image:KSP2328N.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Godwin+Chan|Godwin Chan}} <br />[[Hong Kong]], April 2020]]
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;[[:Category:Muscicapa|Muscicapa]] ferruginea
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
Photo taken: Malaysia
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Size-13cm (5.25in)<br />
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Differs from other [[:Category:Muscicapa|Muscicapa]] flycatchers  by rufous rump, uppertail coverts and buff rufous flanks. Head slaty grey, mantle brown, throat and upper breast whitish. Narrow orbital skin and narrow wing bars pale buff rufous. Shows indistinct rufous marking on [[Topography#Heads|lores]].
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[[Image:FF2a.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Mark+Bruce|Mark Bruce}}<br />Hsitou Forest, Nantou, [[Taiwan]], June 2008 ]]
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==Distribution==
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Breeding in the [[Himalayas]] and southern [[China]], wintering south through Nort-East [[India]] and SE [[Asia]] to the [[Greater Sundas]].
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Uncommon [[Dictionary_P-S#P|passage migrant]] to [[Singapore]].
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==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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==Habitat==
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Forest and forest edges and scrub. Mid to high altitude forest.
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==Behaviour==
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[[Image:Ferruginous Flycatcher31.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|SeeToh|SeeToh}}<br />Former Bidadari Cemetery, [[Singapore]], November 2013 ]]
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Usualy solitary.
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Frequents the middle and lower storeys especially near streams in shady gullies.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#BirdForum Member observations
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
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{{GSearch|Muscicapa+ferruginea}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Muscicapa]]

Latest revision as of 00:07, 8 September 2023

Photo © by Godwin Chan
Hong Kong, April 2020
Muscicapa ferruginea

Identification

Size-13cm (5.25in)
Differs from other Muscicapa flycatchers by rufous rump, uppertail coverts and buff rufous flanks. Head slaty grey, mantle brown, throat and upper breast whitish. Narrow orbital skin and narrow wing bars pale buff rufous. Shows indistinct rufous marking on lores.

Female
Photo © by Mark Bruce
Hsitou Forest, Nantou, Taiwan, June 2008

Distribution

Breeding in the Himalayas and southern China, wintering south through Nort-East India and SE Asia to the Greater Sundas.

Uncommon passage migrant to Singapore.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Forest and forest edges and scrub. Mid to high altitude forest.

Behaviour

Juvenile
Photo © by SeeToh
Former Bidadari Cemetery, Singapore, November 2013

Usualy solitary.

Frequents the middle and lower storeys especially near streams in shady gullies.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. BirdForum Member observations

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