Mugimaki Flycatcher
Ficedula mugimaki
The Mugimaki Flycatcher (Ficedula mugimaki) is a rare chats, old world flycatchers, and alli found in 19 countries, weighing about 12 g. The mugimaki flycatcher is a small passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the genus Ficedula in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae.
About the Mugimaki Flycatcher
The mugimaki flycatcher is a small passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the genus Ficedula in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. The name "mugimaki" comes from Japanese and means "wheat-sower". The bird is also known as the robin flycatcher.
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How to identify it
The mugimaki flycatcher is 13 to 13.5 centimetres long. It has a rattling call and often flicks its wings and tail. The adult male has blackish upperparts with a short white supercilium behind the eye, a white wing-patch, white edges to the tertials and white at the base of the outer tail-feathers. The breast and throat are orange-red while the belly and undertail-coverts are white. The female is grey-brown above with a pale orange-brown breast and throat.
Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in India, United Kingdom, North Korea.
When to see it
Best months: January, February, March, April, May, October, November, December, with peak activity in October. It is a variable species across most of its range.
Easily confused with
Quick questions
- How do you identify a Mugimaki Flycatcher?
- The mugimaki flycatcher is 13 to 13.5 centimetres long. Full identification notes are on this page.
- How big is a Mugimaki Flycatcher?
- The Mugimaki Flycatcher is a tiny sized bird weighing about 12 g.
- Where can you see a Mugimaki Flycatcher?
- The Mugimaki Flycatcher occurs in 19 countries, including China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
- What birds look similar to a Mugimaki Flycatcher?
- The Mugimaki Flycatcher is most easily confused with the Slaty-blue Flycatcher, the Yellow-rumped Flycatcher and the Black-and-orange Flycatcher.
- Is the Mugimaki Flycatcher endangered?
- The Mugimaki Flycatcher is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
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