Habitat
Riparian vegetation, especially with paperbarks. Open woodlands with sparse shrubby understorey, and bare ground-layer or sparse ground-cover of grass.
Southern New Guinea (from Merauke east to R Bensbach and middle R Fly around Obo; Saibai I) and northern Australia (from northern Western Australia east, mainly in coastal areas, to south-western Cape York area of north-western Queensland).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2012).
Status LC
Probably secure.
Habits
Usually singly or in pairs, often in association with Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) and Jacky-Winter (Microeca fascinans).
Food
Arthropods, mainly insects.
Voice
A rasping 'zhap', singly or repeated, 'zhap-zhapzhapzgapzhapzhap'. A clear whistle 'chewee, chewee, chewee', with each phase rising at the end. Unlike Restless Flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta), it almost never utters a grinding sound. It sounds like its about to start but never finishes.
Nest
Cup-shaped, composed of fibrous naterials bound with cobweb, often decorated with lichen, lined with hair or feathers, cuilt on a horizontal fork between 1 and 20 m above the ground.
Eggs (Guide)
3 or 4; dull to greyish white with small markings of grey-brown or lavender usually in a band at the center or at the larger end; oval; about 21 x 16 mm. Incubation: about 14 days; by both sexes.
Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in about 14 days.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Forms a superspecies with Restless Flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta) and previously treated as conspecific, but differs in plumage, bill structure, size and vocalizations.
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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