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'''Alternative name: Black-and-rufous Flycatcher'''
[[Image:Black_and_Rufous_Flycatcher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by atanumondal<br />Adult male]]
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[[Image:44271IMG 9282S.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Adult male<br />Photo by {{user|svenky1962|svenky1962}}<br />Ooty, Nilgiris, South [[India]], March 2006]]
'''Alternative name: Black-and-orange Flycatcher'''
 
 
;[[:Category:Ficedula|Ficedula]] nigrorufa
 
;[[:Category:Ficedula|Ficedula]] nigrorufa
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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11–13 cm (4¼-5 in)<br />
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'''Male'''
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*Black head and face
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*Orangy-rufous upperparts and tail
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*Bluish-black wings
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*Orange underparts
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
Endemic to the [[Western Ghats]] in SW [[India]].
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[[Asia]]: endemic to the Western Ghats in south-western [[India]] (western Maharashtra south to Kerala).
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Monotypic.
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[[Image:Black-and-Orange Flycatcher - INW.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|shreeram|shreeram}}<br />Munnar, Kerala, [[India]], April 2011]]
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Found in the undergrowth of evergreen hill forests and bamboo.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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There is limited information available about what they eat, but small insects, larvae and spiders are known to be included in their diet.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#BF Member observations
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Ficedula]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Ficedula]]

Latest revision as of 14:05, 11 February 2022

Alternative name: Black-and-rufous Flycatcher

Adult male
Photo by svenky1962
Ooty, Nilgiris, South India, March 2006
Ficedula nigrorufa

Identification

11–13 cm (4¼-5 in)
Male

  • Black head and face
  • Orangy-rufous upperparts and tail
  • Bluish-black wings
  • Orange underparts

Distribution

Asia: endemic to the Western Ghats in south-western India (western Maharashtra south to Kerala).

Taxonomy

Female
Photo by shreeram
Munnar, Kerala, India, April 2011

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Found in the undergrowth of evergreen hill forests and bamboo.

Behaviour

Diet

There is limited information available about what they eat, but small insects, larvae and spiders are known to be included in their diet.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. BF Member observations
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)

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External Links

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