Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Ficedula
Taiga Flycatcher
Ficedula albicilla · 红喉姬鹟
Introduction
A migratory bird in the family Muscicapidae, breeding in northern Eurasia and wintering in South and Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat is taiga forest.
Description
The female has brown upper parts with a blackish tail flanked by white. The breast is buffish with underparts mostly white. The male has ear coverts and sides of the neck blue-tinged grey, with breeding males displaying orange-red coloration on the throats.
Identification
Unlike the similar red-breasted flycatcher, the female has a blackish tail rather than brown. In breeding males, the red coloration is restricted to the throat and does not extend to the breast as it does in the red-breasted flycatcher.
Distribution & Habitat
Breeds in northern Eurasia from eastern Russia to Siberia and Mongolia. It is a winter visitor to South and Southeast Asia, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Vietnam, and Japan. It is a rare vagrant to western Europe.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Ficedula
Distribution
breeds Siberia to Kamchatka and northern Mongolia; winters to Borneo
Vocalizations
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.
