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I put this bird down as the Asian brown flycatcher. But after having put the pictures on Thaivisa.com it was pointed out for me that it was the Taiga Flycatcher or Red-throated Flycatcher
The Taiga Flycatcher or Red-throated Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) is a species of migratory bird in the family Muscicapidae. The female has brown upper parts with a blackish tail flanked by white. The breast are buffish with underparts mostly white. The male has ear coverts and sides of the neck blue-tinged grey with breeding males having orange-red coloration on the throats.
Unlike Taiga Flycatcher, the female of the similar Red-breasted Flycatcher has brown tail while the red color in breeding males extend up to the breast in red-breasted flycatcher. It breeds in North Eurasia from Eastern Russia to Siberia and Mongolia.
It is a winter visitor to South and South-east Asia in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand, China, Vietnam, and Japan. Its natural habitat is taiga forest. It is a rare vagrant to western Europe.
It was formerly considered a subspecies of the red-breasted flycatcher.
The genus name is from Latin and refers to a small fig-eating bird (ficus, "fig") supposed to change into the blackcap in winter. The specific albicilla is from Latin albus, white, and New Latin cilla tail; this meaning of cilla arose from a misunderstanding of motacilla, the name for the wagtail.
Range map from www.oiseaux.net - Ornithological Portal Oiseaux.net
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Sighted: (Date of first photo that I could use)
1st of January 2016 Location: eBird hotspot: Rot Fai Park (Wachira Benchatat Park), Bangkok
Thank's to Nick Upton atwww.thaibirding.comfor HOT birding tip for the Bangkok area on his web page. Read his review by clickingHERE
Visit Nick Upton atwww.thaibirding.comfor HOT birding tips for sites around Bangkok and Thailand. There are reviews of the birding sites with maps and information.
And if you like Nick Upton's web page you will also likewww.norththailandbirding.comI have used this page together with Nick Upton's page when planning my birding tours. Excellent reviews and information about the birding sites.
I also got the Thai names of the birds from www.norththailandbirding.com. There is a bird check list with all the names in English and Thai. And of course also the Scientific Name. Down load the birdlist in Microsoft Excel format atwww.norththailandbirding.comOr down load the Excel sheet by clickingHERE
PLEASE! As I'm a first time birdwatcher bear in mind that some of the bird can be wrongly named. I have bought book and I confirm on the internet to get the right identity on the birds I take pictures off. But there can still be mistakes.
Male Taiga Flycatcher or Red-throated Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) 1 January 2016 - eBird hotspot: Rot Fai Park (Wachira Benchatat Park), Bangkok
Male Taiga Flycatcher or Red-throated Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) 1 January 2016 - eBird hotspot: Rot Fai Park (Wachira Benchatat Park), Bangkok
Male Taiga Flycatcher or Red-throated Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) 1 January 2016 - eBird hotspot: Rot Fai Park (Wachira Benchatat Park), Bangkok
Male Taiga Flycatcher or Red-throated Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) 1 January 2016 - eBird hotspot: Rot Fai Park (Wachira Benchatat Park), Bangkok
Female Taiga Flycatcher or Red-throated Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) 5 March 2022 - eBird hotspot: Rot Fai Park (Wachira Benchatat Park), Bangkok
Female Taiga Flycatcher or Red-throated Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) 5 March 2022 - eBird hotspot: Rot Fai Park (Wachira Benchatat Park), Bangkok
Female Taiga Flycatcher or Red-throated Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) 5 March 2022 - eBird hotspot: Rot Fai Park (Wachira Benchatat Park), Bangkok
Taiga Flycatcher or Red-throated Flycatcher / นกจับแมลงคอแดง 5 February 2023 - Kui Buri National Park Elephant Watching
Taiga Flycatcher or Red-throated Flycatcher / นกจับแมลงคอแดง 5 February 2023 - Kui Buri National Park Elephant Watching
Taiga Flycatcher or Red-throated Flycatcher / นกจับแมลงคอแดง 5 February 2023 - Kui Buri National Park Elephant Watching
Thanks to dwatsonbirder at Birdforum I could identify the bird and the three pictures above from Kui Buri National Park Elephant Watching.