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This species is 13 cm (5.1 in) long, including the cocked tail. It is similar in shape to the larger spotted flycatcher, but is relatively longer-tailed. The dark bill is relatively large and broad-based. The adult has grey-brown upperparts, which become greyer as the plumage ages, and whitish underparts with brown-tinged flanks. Young birds have scaly brown upperparts, head and breast.
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When to see the Asian Brown Flycatcher
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Asian Brown Flycatcher
The map shades 26 countries with regular records, and 5 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Sweden, United Arab Emirates.
About the Asian Brown Flycatcher
The Asian brown flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The word Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca, a fly and capere, to catch. The specific dauurica refers to Dauria, an area of south-eastern Siberia named after a local nomadic tribe.
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Easily confused with
African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adustaThe African dusky flycatcher is 13 cm (5.1 in) long and weighs around 11 g (0.39 oz).
Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibiricaThe dark-sided flycatcher is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) in overall length.
Brown-breasted FlycatcherMuscicapa muttuiThe brown-breasted flycatcher is 13–14 cm in length and weighs between 10 and 14 g.
Side by side: Asian Brown Flycatcher vs Spotted Flycatcher · African Dusky Flycatcher vs Asian Brown Flycatcher · Asian Brown Flycatcher vs Dark-sided Flycatcher · Asian Brown Flycatcher vs Brown-breasted Flycatcher
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