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Ficedula

  • Taiga flycatcher

    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.


    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.

  • Yellow-Rumped Flycatcher

    Yellow-rumped flycatcher 
    (Ficedula zanthopygia, Đớp ruồi vàng), also known as Korean flycatcher or tricolor flycatcher

    The yellow-rumped flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia), also known as Korean flycatcher or tricolor flycatcher, is a species of flycatcher found in eastern Asia. 

    The bird breeds in eastern Asia including parts of Mongolia, Transbaikal, southern China, Korea and western Japan; and winters in parts of the Malay Peninsula and South Asia.

    The genus name Ficedula is from Latin and refers to a small fig-eating bird (ficus, "fig") supposed to change into the blackcap in winter.
    xanthos,-E,-on, yellow of various shades, golden or pale yellow; also red-yellow, chestnut, auburn
    -py·​ga. ˈpīgə variants or -pygia. ˈpijēə : creature having (such) a rump.

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