Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Muscicapa muttui
Dull but rather cute flycatcher, with large white-framed eyes. Dark brown above and white below with a gray head, brown flanks, and two distinct dark “moustache” lines. Similar in general structure and patterning to Asian Brown Flycatcher, but Asian Brown’s migratory form is much grayer and lighter-colored, with weaker “moustache” stripes and less of a brown wash on the flanks, as well as weaker contrast between the head and back. Brown-breasted breeds in mid- to high-elevation broadleaf forests and winters in lowlands and foothills. Exhibits typical flycatching behavior, swooping out from a perch in the middle to lower levels of forest. Song is quiet and simple, a phrase of brief whistles.
识别特征
The brown-breasted flycatcher is 13–14 cm in length and weighs between 10-14 g. The overall colour of the upper parts is olive brown. Some of the feather shafts are darker. The upper tail coverts are brighter rufous as are the edges of the flight feathers. The tail feathers have rufous on the outer webs. The lores are pale and the eye ring is conspicuous. The chin and throat are white while the breast and sides of the body are pale brown. The middle of the body to the vent is buffy white. Submoustachial stripes are faint but mark the boundary of the pale chin while the legs and lower mandible are pale flesh coloured. The most similar species is the Asian brown flycatcher, which has black rather than pale legs. It was named by Layard after Muttu, his servant who brought him the specimen.<p>Although no ringing evidence exists to prove their migration, it is thought that the winter migrants in southern India and Sri Lanka come from north-east India and northern Thailand. A subspecies stötzneri (incorrectly spelt as stotmani by E C Stuart Baker) described from Szechwan by Hugo Weigold in 1922 appears to fall within the range of visible geographic variations and is not usually recognized.<p>The usual call is very faint tseet audible only at close range or a series of notes chi-chi-chi-chi ending with a low chit-chit.
分类信息
- 学名
- Muscicapa muttui
- 命名信息
- (Layard, EL, 1854)
- 目
- Passeriformes
- 科
- Muscicapidae
- 属
- Muscicapa
分布与栖息地
- 繁殖区
- OR : ne India to nw Thailand
- 非繁殖区
- sw India and Sri Lanka
- 迁徙
- Complete migrants
保护状况
- 种群趋势
- declining
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