About the Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
The yellow-rumped flycatcher, also known as Korean flycatcher or tricolor flycatcher, is a species of flycatcher found in eastern Asia. A distinctive species with almost no look-alike other than the narcissus flycatcher. It breeds in eastern Asia including parts of Mongolia, Transbaikal, southern China, Korea and western Japan. They winter in parts of the Malay Peninsula and South Asia.
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In all plumages the yellow rump is distinctive. The white supercilium of the male is distinctive, separating it from the narcissus flycatcher and the green-backed flycatcher. Females and first year males are olive grey above with blackish tail. Hartert (1910) treated this species as a member of the narcissina group. Some individuals with yellow supercilium have been considered as hybrids with the narcissus flycatcher. Included in this species complex was the species called Elise's flycatcher, usually treated as a subspecies of the narcissus flycatcher.
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What the Yellow-rumped Flycatcher sounds like
Where the Yellow-rumped Flycatcher lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Sri Lanka.
When to see the Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
Peak activity in May · a passage migrant species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Slaty-blue FlycatcherFicedula tricolorThe slaty-blue flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
Mugimaki FlycatcherFicedula mugimakiThe mugimaki flycatcher is 13 to 13.5 centimetres long.
Narcissus FlycatcherFicedula narcissinaThe narcissus flycatcher is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family.
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