Taiga flycatcher in Vietnam

Taiga flycatcher 
or red-throated flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla, Đớp ruồi Taiga)

The taiga flycatcher or red-throated flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) is a migratory bird in the family Muscicapidae.
The bird breeds in northern Eurasia from eastern Russia to Siberia and Mongolia. It is a winter visitor to South and South-east Asia in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Vietnam, and Japan.

Taiga flycatcher in Vietnam
Taiga flycatcher in Vietnam


The genus name Picedula is from Latin and refers to a small fig-eating bird (ficus, "fig") supposed to change into the blackcap in winter.
The specific name albicilla is from Latin albus, white, and Neo-Latin cilla tail; this meaning of cilla arose from a misunderstanding of motacilla, the name for the wagtail.

Taiga flycatcher in Vietnam
Taiga flycatcher in Vietnam
Taiga flycatcher in Vietnam
Taiga flycatcher in Vietnam
Taiga flycatcher in Vietnam
Taiga flycatcher in Vietnam
Taiga flycatcher in Vietnam
Taiga flycatcher in Vietnam
Taiga flycatcher in Vietnam
Taiga flycatcher in Vietnam