Slaty-backed Flycatcher
Redbird Wu · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Slaty-backed Flycatcher
Redbird Wu · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Slaty-backed Flycatcher
Chris Wyse · CC0_1_0 via GBIF
Slaty-backed Flycatcher
Wang.QG · CC_BY_4_0 via GBIF
Slaty-backed Flycatcher
Sun Jiao · CC_BY_4_0 via GBIF

Slaty-backed Flycatcher

Ficedula erithacus

锈胸蓝姬鹟

IUCN: Least Concern Found in China

Distribution & Habitat

Native to the eastern Himalayas, central China, and Yunnan; it winters in northern Indochina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Behavior & Ecology

It is omnivorous.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Muscicapidae
Genus
Ficedula
eBird Code
slbfly1

Distribution

breeds Himalayas (Nepal to northern Myanmar and southwestern China); winters to southeastern Asia

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.