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Red-throated Flycatcher Birds of Mount Abu JANUARY 2019 mountabubirds.blogspot.com

Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula parva


29 January 2019

Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula parva - male

Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula parva   -  Female
One of our smallest winter visitors, the Taiga or Red-throated flycatcher,
Is seen commonly all over Abu, beside streams, jungle footpaths and open grasslands,
Has a grey-brown face, reddish-orange throat in males, small dark bill, dark eye with slim pale eye-ring.
Has a black tail with white at the basset its outer tail feathers.
Rapidly flicks tail upwards, always sallies through the undergrowth, feeding on flying insects.
Red-throated Flycatcher over the years.
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1 comment:

  1. Dear Ains, I'm from England and stayed with Mrs Wordsworth in December 1985. I've put a comment on your blog about her (2008).
    Regards,
    David Watkins

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