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Muscicapa

  • Asian Brown Flycatcher

    Asian brown flycatcher 
    (Muscicapa dauurica, Đớp ruồi nâu)

    The Asian brown flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica) is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. 
    The specific dauurica refers to Dauria, an area of south-eastern Siberia named after a local nomadic tribe.
    This is an insectivorous species which breeds in Japan, eastern Siberia and the Himalayas. The bird is migratory and winters in tropical southern Asia from southern India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia.

    Traits:
    - Partial white-eyeringed;


    The word Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca, a fly and capere, to catch.
    daurica, dauricus, dauurica, dauuricae, dauuricus Dauria, south-eastern Siberia (after the Dauuri or Dag( uuri, a nomadic Mongolian tribe that inhabited the area).

  • Brown-breasted Flycatcher

    Brown-breasted flycatcher or Layard's flycatcher 
    (Muscicapa muttui, Đớp ruồi ngực nâu)

    The brown-breasted flycatcher or Layard's flycatcher (Muscicapa muttui) is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
    The species breeds in north eastern India, central and Southern China and northern Burma and Thailand, and migrates to southern India and Sri Lanka.

    The word Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca, a fly and capere, to catch.

  • Brown-streaked Flycatcher

    Brown-streaked flycatcher (Muscicapa williamsoni)

    The brown-streaked flycatcher (Muscicapa williamsoni) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. 
    The bird is found in southern Myanmar, southern Thailand, northern peninsular Malaysia, and northeast Borneo.


    The word Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca, a fly and capere, to catch.

  • Dark-sided Flycatcher

    Dark-sided flycatcher 
    (Muscicapa sibirica, Đớp ruồi Sibêri)
    also Siberian flycatcher or sooty flycatcher

    The dark-sided flycatcher (Muscicapa sibirica) is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Muscicapa in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
    The bird's wintering range includes north-east India, Bangladesh, southern China, Taiwan and South-east Asia as far as Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Philippines (Palawan and Culion).

    Traits:
    - Partial white-eyeringed;

    The word Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca, a fly and capere, to catch.

  • Ferruginous Flycatcher

    Ferruginous flycatcher 
    (Muscicapa ferruginea, Đớp ruồi đuôi hung)

    The ferruginous flycatcher (Muscicapa ferruginea) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

    The bird is native to the eastern Himalayas, the Purvanchal Range and central/southern China; winters to Hainan and Southeast Asia.


    The word Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca, a fly and capere, to catch.
    ferruginea Latin ferrugineus rusty-coloured, ferruginous (ferrugo, ferruginis iron rust).

  • Grey-streaked Flycatcher

    Gray-streaked flycatcher or grey-spotted flycatcher 
    (Muscicapa griseisticta)

    The grey-streaked flycatcher or grey-spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa griseisticta) is a small passerine bird of the genus Muscicapa in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

    The bird breeds in north-east China, North Korea and south-east Siberia. 

    Muscicapa is a genus of passerine birds belonging to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
    The word Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca, a fly and capere, to catch.
    griseisticta Latin griseus grey; Greek stiktos spotted (stizo to tattoo).

  • Muscicapa

    Muscicapa is a genus of passerine birds belonging to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.


    1/ Asian brown flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica, Đớp ruồi nâu)

    2/ Dark-sided flycatcher (Muscicapa sibirica, Đớp ruồi Sibêri)

    3/ Grey-streaked flycatcher or grey-spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa griseisticta)

    4/ Ferruginous flycatcher (Muscicapa ferruginea, Đớp ruồi đuôi hung)

    5/ Brown-breasted flycatcher or Layard's flycatcher (Muscicapa muttui, Đớp ruồi ngực nâu)

    6/ Brown-streaked flycatcher (Muscicapa williamsoni)


    The word Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca, a fly and capere, to catch.