Green-backed Flycatcher

About the Green-backed Flycatcher

The green-backed flycatcher is a bird in the family Muscicapidae, which contains the Old World flycatchers. It was long considered to be a subspecies of the narcissus flycatcher, but morphological and acoustical differences between the two indicate they are instead separate species. It breeds in northeastern China and winters in southeast Asia.

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Where the Green-backed Flycatcher lives

Recorded as a rare visitor in Cambodia, Macao SAR China, South Korea.

When to see the Green-backed Flycatcher

Peak activity in April · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Kashmir FlycatcherFicedula subrubraThe Kashmir flycatcher is 13 cm long, an insectivorous species closely related to the red-breasted flycatcher and sharing the habits of flicking its tail up while perching. Rufous-chested FlycatcherFicedula dumetoriaThe rufous-chested flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. Sapphire FlycatcherFicedula sapphiraThe sapphire flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.