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Gray-streaked Flycatcher
Muscicapa griseisticta
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About the Gray-streaked Flycatcher
The grey-streaked flycatcher or grey-spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa griseisticta) is a small passerine bird breeding in the eastern Palearctic belonging to the genus Muscicapa in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1861. It is a slender, long-winged bird with a length of 13 to 15 cm. It is mainly grey brown above and white below. The breast and flanks are heavily streaked with grey. There is a narrow white bar on the wing and a pale patch between the bill and eye. The bill and feet are black. The eye is large and there is a white eye-ring.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Muscicapa griseisticta
- 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
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- 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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