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Ryukyu Flycatcher
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Ryukyu Flycatcher
Ficedula owstoni
The Ryukyu flycatcher (Ficedula owstoni) is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It is native to the Ryukyu Islands, from Tanegashima in the Osumi Islands to Iriomote in the Yaeyama Islands.
From the article Ryukyu flycatcher on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The Ryukyu flycatcher weighs around 12 g (0.42 oz), with males typically being larger than females. The male is the more colourful sex too, with a yellow lower back and rump, yellow-orange underbelly, orange bib, and yellow-orange streaks above its eyes; all contrasted against bluish-black plumage. Of its three subspecies, F. o. jakuschima is the biggest and most vibrant, F. o. shonis is intermediate, and F. o. owstini, the nominate subspecies, is the plainest in plumage and smallest in size.
What it does
This species’ song is described by eBird as “a bright, whistled series of notes ‘wee-ti! Wee-dee-di, wee-ti!’” It consists of shorter and less complex phrases, compared to the song of the narcissus flycatcher, and is supposedly similar to that of the yellow-rumped flycatcher. Its calls “include a dry chatter and a low ‘chuk’ note.”
Wikipedia: “Behaviour”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1286940.