Red-throated Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla)

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
11 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Pallas, 1811)

Habitat
In non-breeding areas on lowland forest edges, woodland, secondary growth, planatations, rural gardens.

Range (Guide)

Afghanistan (P), Bangladesh (NB), Bhutan (NB), Cambodia (NB), China (mainland) (B) (NB), India (NB), Japan (B), Kazakhstan (B), Laos (NB), Malaysia (NB), Mongolia (B), Myanmar (NB), Nepal (NB), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Tajikistan, Thailand (NB), Uzbekistan, Vietnam (NB).

Vagrant to Brunei Darussalam, Philippines.

Breeds from eastern European Russia east to eastern Siberia (to Kamchatka), south to northern Mongolia and Amurland. Non-breeding mainly from southern Nepal east to north-eastern India, Bangladesh, south-eastern Asia and south-eastern China.

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 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A rapid, raspy 'tssk...', sometimes repeated.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (197)...)

Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) [XC390372]
by Werzik from Thakurdwara, Bardiya,, Nepal (call)

Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) [XC27262]
by Frank Lambert from Kiat Ngong wetland, Laos (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Ficedula parva (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva) and Red-throated Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) following Svensson et al. (2005).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva).

References
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