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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
12-13 cm<br /> | 12-13 cm<br /> | ||
− | *Large white wing patches | + | |
− | *White Underparts | + | '''Adult breeding male''' |
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− | + | * Black and white. | |
− | + | * Large white forehead patch, reaching back almost to a line through the middle of the eye. The largest white forehead of all 'Pied Flycatchers'. | |
− | + | * Occasional birds may show a very thin complete white collar but the majority just have the white reaching as far back as the rear of the earcoverts. | |
− | '''Adult Female''' | + | * The majority show a black rump with the odd bird having a slightly paler one. |
+ | * Large white wing patches. Greater underwing coverts entirely white, large white patch at the base of the primaries reaching the leading edge, tertials as other 'Pied Flycatchers'. | ||
+ | * White Underparts | ||
+ | * Entirely black tail with no white outer tail feathers. | ||
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+ | |||
+ | '''Adult Female''' | ||
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+ | Very like female [[Collared Flycatcher]] but greyer back, paler rump and uppertail often darker / blackish. | ||
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====Confusion Species==== | ====Confusion Species==== | ||
− | [[European Pied Flycatcher]] | + | |
+ | [[European Pied Flycatcher]], | ||
+ | [[Semicollared Flycatcher]], | ||
+ | [[Collared Flycatcher]] | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Found in [[Morocco]], northern [[Algeria]] and northern [[Tunisia]]. | Found in [[Morocco]], northern [[Algeria]] and northern [[Tunisia]]. |
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- Ficedula speculigera
Identification
12-13 cm
Adult breeding male
- Black and white.
- Large white forehead patch, reaching back almost to a line through the middle of the eye. The largest white forehead of all 'Pied Flycatchers'.
- Occasional birds may show a very thin complete white collar but the majority just have the white reaching as far back as the rear of the earcoverts.
- The majority show a black rump with the odd bird having a slightly paler one.
- Large white wing patches. Greater underwing coverts entirely white, large white patch at the base of the primaries reaching the leading edge, tertials as other 'Pied Flycatchers'.
- White Underparts
- Entirely black tail with no white outer tail feathers.
Adult Female
Very like female Collared Flycatcher but greyer back, paler rump and uppertail often darker / blackish.
Confusion Species
European Pied Flycatcher, Semicollared Flycatcher, Collared Flycatcher
Distribution
Found in Morocco, northern Algeria and northern Tunisia.
Taxonomy
A monotypic species.
Has formerly been considered to be a subspecies of European Pied Flycatcher.