- Muscicapa dauurica
Identification
Breeds from southern Siberia to India and east to northern China and Japan.
Winters from India to China, the Philippines, South-East Asia and Indonesia. Leaves breeding areas from mid Aug and return in May and early Jun.
In the Western Palearctic recorded as a vagrant in Denmark (Sep 1959), Sweden (Sep 1986) and also reported in Turkey (May 1990). A record from Germany (Heligoland, Aug 1982) is generally regarded as an escape and others from the Faroes, Ireland and Norway are considered inadequately documented. Recorded in Britain in Northumberland in Sep 1956 and a first-summer bird on Fair Isle, Shetland in Jul 1992 but both are generally considered escapes.
Habitat Open woodland of deciduous trees or sometimes conifers, parks and large gardens, plantations and orchards. On passage frequently in cultivated and even completely treeless areas.
