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Old World Flycatchers

13 Bird Species

Asian Brown Flycatcher

A small brown Old World flycatcher with a bold eyering and short tail. Small, black bill with yellowish base of lower mandible. Gray brown upperparts with whitish edges on the tertials and secondaries, whitish fringes on the greater coverts form an indistinct wingbar, mostly whitish underparts, gray more...

Length: 13 cm Wingspan: 20 cm

Bluethroat

This species appears short-winged and short-tailed. In all plumages, note the rufous base to the blackish tail, visible in flight and when the bird flicks its tail when foraging. Adult Male: Upperparts are dull gray-brown. A bold whitish supercilium is thinly bordered above by black. The throat and u more...

Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 23 cm

Common Redstart

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Dark-sided Flycatcher

Drab brownish Old World flycatcher. Adult: Grayish-brown head with dark eye and conspicuous, even eye ring. Faint pale brown supraloral spot. Dark bill with orange or pink base to lower mandible. White throat and white half-collar on fore neck. Brownish gray back. Dark brownish wings with very long p more...

Length: 15 cm Wingspan: 21 cm

Gray-streaked Flycatcher

Medium-sized Asian flycatcher with long, pointed wings that extend about halfway down the tail. Adult: Dark brownish-gray head, nape, back, wings, and tail. Dark eye surrounded by a conspicuous, complete, white eye ring. Pale grayish lores are noticeable on an otherwise dark head, dark bill. Broad wh more...

Length: 15 cm Wingspan: 23 cm

Mugimaki Flycatcher

Medium-sized Asian flycatcher with long wingtips and short notched tail. Adult male: Strikingly patterned with a solid black head, nape, and upper back, bold, short white supercillium usually limited to behind eye, vivid orange throat and breast, white belly and undertail coverts. Wings and tail blac more...

Length: 13 cm Wingspan: 20 cm

Narcissus Flycatcher

Highly sexually dimorphic. Male is brightly patterned in black and orange, while the female is totally lacking in terms of obvious field marks. Both sexes have dark eye, dark bill and long pointed wingtips. Adult male: Unmistakable black head, nape, back, wings and tail. Broad yellow-orange supercili more...

Length: 13 cm Wingspan: 22 cm

Northern Wheatear

Alternate Adult male is distinctive, with clean gray crown and back, black face mask, plain black wings, whitish throat, slender bill, light buffy underparts, and white undertail coverts. Alternate Adult female has plain head, with faint hint of black face mask and pale supercilium. Basic Adult is bu more...

Length: 15 cm Wingspan: 30 cm

Red-flanked Bluetail

Small thrush-like birds with blue upperparts and orangish flanks. Males have bright blue upperparts with blue-gray face and thin white supraloral stripe above dark lores. White throat, breast, belly, and undertail coverts. Buffy-orange flanks. Females gray-brown above with a bluish tail, buffy-orange more...

Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 22 cm

Siberian Blue Robin

A small short-tailed thrush-like bird. Male: Dark blue upperparts, with blackish-blue face and sides of chest. Clean white underparts with bluish wash on the vent and flanks. Resembles a male Black-throated Blue Warbler, but lacks the black throat and upper breast. Female: Rich earthy-brown upperpart more...

Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 21 cm

Siberian Rubythroat

This Asian species appears short-winged and short-tailed. Male: Gray-brown upperparts, with a rufous cast to the wings, rump, and tail. The bold facial pattern includes a white supercilium, black lores, and a white malar stripe edged in black. The throat is bright red with a diffuse black border. The more...

Length: 15 cm Wingspan: 25 cm

Spotted Flycatcher

Brownish-gray Old World flycatcher with whitish underparts. Faint whitish eyering. Dark streaked crown. Relatively large dark bill. Sides, breast and throat have light brown spotting or streaking. Juvenile has pale spotting on face and back and has mottled underparts. Gray-streaked Flycatcher has muc more...

Length: 15 cm Wingspan: 24 cm

Stonechat

This widespread Eurasian species has been split by some authorities into several species. The Siberian Stonechat is the only one to be recorded in North America. In all plumages, note the white patch on the upperside of the inner wing. Alternate Male: Black head, framed by a white collar around the s more...

Length: 13 cm Wingspan: 22 cm

Taiga Flycatcher

This medium-sized, brownish Old World flycatcher has a distinctive black tail with white at the base to outer tail feathers. White tips of greater wing coverts. Alternate Adult male: Brown upperparts, gray-brown face, and gray breast; reddish-orange throat. Whitish underparts with buff-washed sides a more...

Length: 12 cm Wingspan: 20 cm