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Asian Brown Flycatcher

Muscicapa dauurica

Photo by SukanyaDatta
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Small brown bird. Front is paler in colour.

Habitat:

In wooded are surrounding ruins. While the average tourist rushed on...I dwadled and finally spotted this tiny bird.

Notes:

Asian brown flycatcher???

Reference Links:

Asian brown flycatcher - Wikipedia

Species ID Suggestions

Asian brown flycatcher

Muscicapa dauurica

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Dilan Chathuranga
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Comments (2)
Dilan Chathuranga
Ah!!yes!! You are correct Sukanya!! It is a one of the very common migratory birds that come to Sri Lanka!!
SukanyaDatta
Ah! So my guess was correct. So glad you are back on PN, Dilan...I have many unnamed spottings from your beautiful country.

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