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The Ryukyu flycatcher weighs around 12 g (0.42 oz), with males typically being larger than females. The male is the more colourful sex too, with a yellow lower back and rump, yellow-orange underbelly, orange bib, and yellow-orange streaks above its eyes; all contrasted against bluish-black plumage. Of its three subspecies, F. o. jakuschima is the biggest and most vibrant, F. o. shonis is intermediate, and F. o. owstini, the nominate subspecies, is the plainest in plumage and smallest in size.
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When to see the Ryukyu Flycatcher
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Ryukyu Flycatcher
The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 2 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.
About the Ryukyu Flycatcher
The Ryukyu flycatcher is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It is native to the Ryukyu Islands, from Tanegashima in the Osumi Islands to Iriomote in the Yaeyama Islands.
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Easily confused with
Bundok FlycatcherFicedula luzoniensisThe Bundok flycatcher or thicket flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
Damar FlycatcherFicedula henriciThe Damar flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
Furtive FlycatcherFicedula dispositaThe furtive flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
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