Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis), photo 1 — Photo: Ben Costamagna · CC BY 4.0

Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis), photo 2 — Photo: Ben Costamagna · CC BY 4.0

Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis), photo 3 — Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0

Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis), photo 4 — Photo: Srivatsan Ramkumar · CC BY 4.0

Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis), photo 5 — Photo: Kalvin Chan · CC BY 4.0

Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis), photo 6 — Photo: Kalvin Chan · CC BY 4.0

Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis), photo 7 — Photo: russnamitz · CC0

Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis), photo 10 — Photo: Ben Costamagna · CC BY 4.0

What the Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher sounds like

Sonogram of the Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Ujjal Kishor De · Song · KUMARGHAT NAGAR VAN CITY PARK MAIN GATE (near Kumarghat), Tripura, India · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Michael Frankenstein · Aberrant, call, song · Pelaga, Badung, Indonesia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The grey-headed canary-flycatcher is about 12–13 cm (4.7–5.1 in) long with a squarish grey head, a canary yellow belly and yellowish-green upperparts. They forage actively like flycatchers and perches in a very upright posture. The sexes are indistinguishable in plumage. They have a very flat bill (which gave it the earlier genus name of Platyrhynchus) which when seen from above look like an equilateral triangle and is fringed with long rictal bristles.

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When to see the Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 17 countries with regular records, and 1 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.

India Thailand Nepal China Malaysia Vietnam Bhutan Indonesia Sri Lanka Cambodia Hong Kong SAR China Laos Myanmar (Burma) Bangladesh Taiwan Pakistan Macao SAR China

Recorded as a rare visitor in Brunei.

About the Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher

The grey-headed canary-flycatcher, sometimes known as the grey-headed flycatcher, is a species of small flycatcher-like bird found in tropical Asia. It has a square crest, a grey hood and yellow underparts. They are found mainly in forested habitats where they often join other birds in mixed-species foraging flocks. Pairs are often seen as they forage for insects by making flycatcher-like sallies and calling aloud. Several subspecies are recognized within their wide distribution range.

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Easily confused with

Citrine Canary-flycatcherCulicicapa heliantheaThe citrine canary-flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Stenostiridae.

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