Dark-sided Flycatcher
DARK-SIDED FLYCATCHER
Muscicapa sibirica
Family Muscicapidae
Bird # 336 - September 2011
This is a rare migrant. According to the Kennedy guide, "it has only previously been recorded in Palawan and Culion from 10 to 25 September". It is a 5 inch long bird with grayish brown and white mottled throat and breast.
We posted the photos in our LBJ (little brown jobs) gallery initially and asked Des A to ask Philip D. Round to id the bird. Phil Round said, "Upper five pictures show a first-winter Dark-sided Flycatcher. Retention of so many juvenile feathers on upperparts into the first-winter plumage seems to be frequent in this species".
We were extremely excited about seeing a new bird in Mt. Palay palay, especially when we just accompanying our son Franco who was doing a biology experiment!
Read MoreMuscicapa sibirica
Family Muscicapidae
Bird # 336 - September 2011
This is a rare migrant. According to the Kennedy guide, "it has only previously been recorded in Palawan and Culion from 10 to 25 September". It is a 5 inch long bird with grayish brown and white mottled throat and breast.
We posted the photos in our LBJ (little brown jobs) gallery initially and asked Des A to ask Philip D. Round to id the bird. Phil Round said, "Upper five pictures show a first-winter Dark-sided Flycatcher. Retention of so many juvenile feathers on upperparts into the first-winter plumage seems to be frequent in this species".
We were extremely excited about seeing a new bird in Mt. Palay palay, especially when we just accompanying our son Franco who was doing a biology experiment!
DARK-SIDED FLYCATCHER Muscicapa sibirica Mt. Palay Palay, Cavite, Philippines
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