Asian brown flycatcher
Species of bird of the genus Muscicapidae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Asian brown flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica) is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The word Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca, a fly and capere, to catch. The specific dauurica refers to Dauria, an area of south-eastern Siberia named after a local nomadic tribe.[3]
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Asian brown flycatcher | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Muscicapa |
Species: | M. dauurica |
Binomial name | |
Muscicapa dauurica Pallas, 1811 | |
Subspecies | |
M. d. dauurica | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Muscicapa latirostris (Raffles, 1822) |
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This is an insectivorous species which breeds in Japan, eastern Siberia and the Himalayas. It is migratory and winters in tropical southern Asia from southern India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia.
The correct specific epithet for this species is disputed.[4][5]