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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).

  • 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.

  • Muscicapa

    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.

    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)

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