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Taiga Flycatcher

Ficedula albicilla (Pallas, 1811)

Восточная малая мухоловка

2019-10-20
Bukhara region, on the road Gazli-Urgenchm 333 km
© Maksim Mitropolskiy

Description

Taiga Flycatcher looks like Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva) and former was considered as its subspecies. Crown more brownish, less greyish; orange-buff patch on throat and breast are less than in Red-breasted Flycatcher. Breast (excepting orange-buff patch) is usually ashy-grey.

References

"Птицы Казахстана" том 3. "Наука". Алма-Ата, 1970. Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005

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