Snowy‑browed Flycatcher Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Ficedula tricolor
Family : Muscicapidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : All kind of forests
Description : Snowy-browed Flycatcher is a slaty-blue or dark olive-brown tiny bird with prominent white or buff-orange supercilium (length 11 cm, weight 9 g, wing 6 cm, bill 1.2 cm, tarsus 2 cm, tail 4 cm approximately). The male looks slaty-blue from above and rufous-orange from below. It has rufous-brown wings, black chin, orange-rufous throat and breast, dusky flanks and white at the base of the tail. It has a broad white supercilium. The female looks dark olive-brown from above. It has orange-buff supercilium and eye-ring, and slight rufous panel on the wings. It breeds in April-June. It feeds mainly on dipterous insects and occasionally on earthworms.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Cyornis rubeculoides
(Lesser Shortwing) -
Brachypteryx leucophrys
(Indian Blue Robin) -
Zoothera marginata
(Long‑billed Thrush) -
Eumyias thalassinus
(Pale Blue-flycatcher) -
Calliope pectardens
(Siberian Rubythroat) -
Cyornis unicolor
(Pale‑chinned Flycatcher) -
Muscicapa sibirica
(Ferruginous Flycatcher) -
Ficedula superciliaris
(Little Pied Flycatcher) -
Ficedula parva
(Red-throated (Taiga) Flycatcher) -
Tarsiger hyperythrus
(Himalayan (Orange-flanked) Bush-robin)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills
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Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters
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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
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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
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Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby
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Flamingo
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Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch
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Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths
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Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes
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Nightjars -
Barn-owls
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Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;photo credit: upupamartin (www.inaturalist.org/people/ upupamartin ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Somkiat Pakapinyo (Chai)(www.xeno-canto.org/Somkiat Pakapinyo (Chai)), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;photo credit: upupamartin (www.inaturalist.org/people/ upupamartin ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Somkiat Pakapinyo (Chai)(www.xeno-canto.org/Somkiat Pakapinyo (Chai)), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.