Asian brown flycatcher

Asian brown flycatcher
Scientific classification Edit this 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
M. d. poonensis
M. d. siamensis

Synonyms[2]

Muscicapa latirostris (Raffles, 1822)

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]

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]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2019) [amended version of 2017 assessment]. "Muscicapa dauurica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22709207A155604003. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22709207A155604003.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Asian Brown Flycatcher". Avibase.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, United Kingdom: Christopher Helm. pp. 131, 260. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4..
  4. ^ Mlíkovský, J. (2012). "Correct name for the Asian Brown Flycatcher (Aves:Muscicapidae, Muscicapa)". Zootaxa. 3393: 53–56. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3393.1.4.
  5. ^ Dickinson, E.C.; et al. (2014). "Correcting the "correct" name for the Asian Brown Flycatcher (Aves: Passeriformes, Muscicapidae, Muscicapa)". Zootaxa. 3869 (3): 343–347. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3869.3.8. PMID 25283921.