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Taiga Flycatcher

Flycatchers, Fantails & Shamas

Ficedula albicilla

Basic stats

Diet

Insects

Habitat

Forest edge, gardens, open woodland

Range

Breeds Siberia; winters South/Southeast Asia

Clutch size

5–6 eggs

Incubation period

About 12–13 days

Size

Small (11–13cm)

Wingspan

~18–20cm

Weight

~9–11g

A small brown-grey flycatcher with a black tail and white outer tail base, males showing a variable orange throat patch that can be reduced or absent in winter plumage.

A rare and accidental visitor to Borneo from its Siberian breeding grounds, more typically wintering further north on the Asian mainland.

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