Papamoscas Culiamarillo

Identificación

The yellow-rumped flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia), also known as Korean flycatcher or tricolor flycatcher, is a species of flycatcher found in eastern Asia. A distinctive species with almost no look-alike other than the narcissus flycatcher. It breeds in eastern Asia including parts of Mongolia, Transbaikal, southern China, Korea and western Japan. They winter in parts of the Malay Peninsula and South Asia.

Taxonomía

Genus: Ficedula; Family: Muscicapidae; Order: Passeriformes.

Nombre científico

Ficedula zanthopygia

Autoridad

(Hay, 1845)

Orden

Passeriformes

Familia

Muscicápidos

Género

Ficedula

Distribución y hábitat

Breeding range: PAL : e Mongolia and se Russia to e China. Non-breeding range: se Asia through Java and Bali.

Área de cría

PAL : e Mongolia and se Russia to e China

Área no reproductiva

se Asia through Java and Bali

Migración

Complete migrants

Comportamiento

The breeding area of the species is in Manchuria, Korea and China. The nesting in Xiaoxingan region is mainly in May and June. They breed mainly in low valleys at the base of hills. The home range of a pair can be about 2000-5000 sq. m. The nest is built in about three to four days by the female alone. The clutch is 4-7 eggs which are incubated by the female alone for about 11–12 days. The adults forage within about 70 metres (230 ft) of the nest to feed the chicks. The young fledge after 14–15 days. It was first noted to winter in central India in 1989, it has since been found to winter in southwestern India and Sri Lanka.<p>A species of ectoparasitic feather mite, Proterothrix megacaula was first discovered and described from the body of a yellow-rumped flycatcher in China.<p><p><p>

Conservación

Population trend: stable.

Tendencia poblacional

stable