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Dark-sided Flycatcher
Muscicapa sibirica
Audubon Illustration
John James Audubon, Birds of America (1827-1838). Public domain.
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About the Dark-sided Flycatcher
The dark-sided flycatcher (Muscicapa sibirica) is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Muscicapa in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It has a wide breeding distribution in the East Palearctic with northern birds migrating south for the winter. It is also known as the Siberian flycatcher or sooty flycatcher, the latter name is also used for the sooty flycatcher (Artomyias infuscata) of Africa.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Muscicapa sibirica
- Family
- Old World Flycatchers
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the old world flycatchers family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Gray-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
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