Asian Brown Flycatcher


The Asian Brown Flycatcher (13 cm) (Muscicapa dauurica poonensis) winters in peninsular India (primarily south of the Vindhya range), Sri Lanka, Andamans  and Nicobars  in low country up to 1000 m. Breeds in Himalayan foothills and hills of central and western India. Grey-Brown with short tail, large head and huge eye with prominent eye-ring. Extensive orange base to the lower mandible. A lifer photographed on 12th Nov. 


huge eye with prominent eye-ring. Extensive orange base to the lower mandible


Interestingly, they are resident at some part of Tamilnadu as per xeno-canto.




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