Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
Dark-sided Flycatcher (Muscicapa sibirica) - HBW 11, p. 115
French: Gobemouche de Sibérie
German: Rußschnäpper
Spanish: Papamoscas Siberiano
Other common names: Siberian/Sooty Flycatcher; Himalayan Flycatcher (cacabata)
Taxonomy: Muscicapa sibirica J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Lake Baikal, Russia.
Geographical variation not well marked; in S Asia there is a cline of increasing darkness of upperparts from W to E, many individuals not assignable to race, and the recognition of more than one taxon (gulmergi and cacabata) from this area is questionable. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- sibirica J. F. Gmelin, 1789 - breeds C & SE Siberia (E to Kamchatka), NE Mongolia, NE China (S to Nei Mongol, N Liaoning and Jilin), N Korea and Japan; non-breeding Taiwan, S China (Guangxi, Guangdong, S Fujian), Indochina and N Borneo.
- gulmergi (Stuart Baker, 1923) - breeds NE Afghanistan and N Pakistan (NW Himalayas).
- cacabata Penard, 1919 - breeds C & E Himalayas E to S China (S Xizang), Bhutan and NE India (Assam hills); non-breeding S Myanmar and S Thailand.
- rothschildi (Stuart Baker, 1923) - breeds C & S China (SE Qinghai, SE Gansu and S Shaanxi S to E Xizang and Sichuan), N & W Myanmar and NW Vietnam; non-breeding S China (SE Yunnan E to Guangdong), Indochina, Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.
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Bird preening, begging, courtship feeding on winged-insect Locality Rokko Mountain Range, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Charles McHugh 23 May 2009 2 years ago 55 sec 4.3 -
A bird flycatching from a dead branch Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand
Josep del Hoyo 12 November 2004 4 years ago 31 sec 3 -
A ventral view of a bird perched, then flying away. Locality Ozyornoye, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp sibirica)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2009 1 year ago 24 sec 3 -
Autumn bird flycatching Locality Hebei, China (Northern)
tmspindle 24 September 2007 3 years ago 27 sec 1.7
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Dark-sided Flycatcher, probably a first summer bird, migrant, Beidaihe, China.
Locality Beidaihe, Hebei, China (Northern)
Mark Andrews 20 May 2007 2 years ago 4
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