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The red-breasted flycatcher (Ficedula parva) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in eastern Europe and across Central Asia and is migratory, wintering in south Asia. It is a regular passage migrant in western Europe, whereas the collared flycatcher which breeds further east is rare. This is because of the ...
The genus was introduced by the French naturalist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) as the type species. [1] [2] The genus name is from Latin and refers to a small fig-eating bird (ficus, "fig") supposed to change into the blackcap in winter.
White-browed forest flycatcher: Fraseria cinerascens Hartlaub, 1857: 32 Fraser's forest flycatcher: Fraseria ocreata (Strickland, 1844) 33 Grey-throated tit-flycatcher: Fraseria griseigularis (Jackson, FJ, 1906) 34 Grey tit-flycatcher: Fraseria plumbea (Hartlaub, 1858) 35 Olivaceous flycatcher: Fraseria olivascens (Cassin, 1859) 36 Chapin's ...
Fork-tailed flycatcher, Tyrannus savana (A) Olive-sided flycatcher, Contopus cooperi (B) Western wood-pewee, Contopus sordidulus (B) Eastern wood-pewee, Contopus virens (A) Yellow-bellied flycatcher, Empidonax flaviventris (B) Alder flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum (B) Willow flycatcher, Empidonax traillii (B) Least flycatcher, Empidonax minimus (B)
Red-breasted flycatcher (Ficedula parva) A – scarce migrant Pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) A – breeding summer visitor Collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) A – rare vagrant Black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) A – scarce breeding resident, passage migrant and winter visitor Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) A – breeding ...
The bird boxes have attracted tawny owl, treecreeper, spotted flycatcher (RSPB red-listed), redstart (RSPB amber listed), nuthatch, pied flycatcher, great tit and blue tit. [31] Raptors seen over the rocks include: red kite, buzzard and kestrel. [32] House martins and swallows fly around the rocks in summer, and on the heath are meadow pipit ...
The Kashmir flycatcher is 13 cm long, an insectivorous species closely related to the red-breasted flycatcher [2] and sharing the habits of flicking its tail up while perching. The male has a grey-brown back with an orange-red throat, breast and flanks, bordered with black on the throat and breast.
The taiga flycatcher or red-throated flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) is a migratory bird in the family Muscicapidae. The species was first described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1811. The female has brown upper parts with a blackish tail flanked by white. The breast is buffish with underparts mostly white.