Ferruginous Flycatcher Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Muscicapa sibirica
Family : Muscicapidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Villages
Description : Ferruginous Flycatcher is a small to medium-sized,dapper flycatcher with a distinctly large-headed, large-eyed appearance. It is 12–13 cm in length; 9–16·7 g in weight. Adult has distinctive slaty-grey head, rufescent rump, uppertail-coverts and tail, rusty-rufous fringes on coverts/tertials and rusty-buff breast and flanks. Juvenile resembles adult but has buff streaks on crown, short rusty streaks on upper-mantle and scapulars and darkish scales/mottlings on throat-sides and breast. Ferruginous Flycatcher prefers to perch lower down in the undergrowth and flies down to pick up insects from the ground.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Tarsiger hyperythrus
(Himalayan (Orange-flanked) Bush-robin) -
Ficedula erithacus
(Slaty-blue Flycatcher) -
Calliope tschebaiewi
(White‑tailed Blue Robin) -
Geokichla citrina
(Grey‑winged Blackbird) -
Oenanthe deserti
(Asian Fairy Bluebird) -
Zoothera monticola
(Scaly Thrush) -
Phoenicurus frontalis
(White‑capped Water-redstart) -
Phoenicurus ochruros
(Daurian Redstart) -
Cyornis unicolor
(Pale‑chinned Flycatcher) -
Phoenicurus auroreus
(Blue-capped Rock-thrush)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: rharris70(www.inaturalist.org/people/rharris70),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Andrew Spencermore information, please contact us.
taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: rharris70(www.inaturalist.org/people/rharris70),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Andrew Spencermore information, please contact us.