How big is a Black-and-orange Flycatcher?

The Black-and-orange Flycatcher is a tiny sized bird weighing about 9 g.

Where can you see a Black-and-orange Flycatcher?

The Black-and-orange Flycatcher is endemic to India, which is the only country where it occurs.

What birds look similar to a Black-and-orange Flycatcher?

The Black-and-orange Flycatcher is most easily confused with the Slaty-backed Flycatcher, the Semicollared Flycatcher and the Pygmy Flycatcher.

Is the Black-and-orange Flycatcher endangered?

The Black-and-orange Flycatcher is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Black-and-orange Flycatcher

Ficedula nigrorufa

Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies · Passeriformes · Rare

The Black-and-orange Flycatcher (Ficedula nigrorufa) is a rare chats, old world flycatchers, and alli found only in India, weighing about 9 g. The black-and-orange flycatcher or black-and-rufous flycatcher is a species of flycatcher endemic to the central and southern Western Ghats, the Nilgiris and Palni hill ranges in southern India.

Least ConcernRareEndemicEats invertebratesforestdome nest9 g

Black-and-orange Flycatcher (Ficedula nigrorufa), photo 1 — Photo: D momaya at English Wikipedia (Original text: Dhaval Momaya) · CC BY 3.0

Black-and-orange Flycatcher (Ficedula nigrorufa), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Siya ul haque, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-and-orange Flycatcher (Ficedula nigrorufa), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Tom Field, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-and-orange Flycatcher (Ficedula nigrorufa), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Renjith Jacob Mathews, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-and-orange Flycatcher (Ficedula nigrorufa), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Daniel Cahen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-and-orange Flycatcher (Ficedula nigrorufa), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Siya ul haque, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-and-orange Flycatcher (Ficedula nigrorufa), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Viral joshi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-and-orange Flycatcher (Ficedula nigrorufa), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Vijay Vanaparthy, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-and-orange Flycatcher (Ficedula nigrorufa), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Siya ul haque, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Black-and-orange Flycatcher (Ficedula nigrorufa), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Aditya Rao, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Black-and-orange Flycatcher

The black-and-orange flycatcher or black-and-rufous flycatcher is a species of flycatcher endemic to the central and southern Western Ghats, the Nilgiris and Palni hill ranges in southern India. It is unique among the Ficedula flycatchers in having rufous coloration on its back and prior to molecular studies was suggested to be related to the chats and thrushes.

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How to identify it

A distinctly coloured bird found mainly in the high-elevation areas of the Western Ghats, the Nilgiris, the Palnis and associated hill ranges. The male is distinctly black headed with black wings. The female has the black replaced by dark brown and has a light eye-ring. They are usually seen singly or in pairs. The young bird at around two weeks of age is brownish orange with a whitish vent and abdomen. The head has dark streaks and the wings appear bluish with a trace of brown. There is a pale ring around the eye and the orange tail appears stumpy.

Where it lives

India

When to see it

Best months: January, February, March, April, May, October, November, December, with peak activity in February. It is a variable species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

How do you identify a Black-and-orange Flycatcher?: A distinctly coloured bird found mainly in the high-elevation areas of the Western Ghats, the Nilgiris, the Palnis and associated hill ranges. Full identification notes are on this page.
How big is a Black-and-orange Flycatcher?: The Black-and-orange Flycatcher is a tiny sized bird weighing about 9 g.
Where can you see a Black-and-orange Flycatcher?: The Black-and-orange Flycatcher is endemic to India, which is the only country where it occurs.
What birds look similar to a Black-and-orange Flycatcher?: The Black-and-orange Flycatcher is most easily confused with the Slaty-backed Flycatcher, the Semicollared Flycatcher and the Pygmy Flycatcher.
Is the Black-and-orange Flycatcher endangered?: The Black-and-orange Flycatcher is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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