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Birds

Taiga
Flycatcher

Least Concern

Stable

Taiga Flycatcher

Ficedula albicilla

The Taiga Flycatcher or Red-throated Flycatcher is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Malaysia, Thailand, Mongolia, China, Vietnam, and Japan. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is a rare vagrant to western Europe.

It was formerly considered a subspecies of the red-breasted flycatcher.

Red-throated Flycatcher

Regional Names
  • French:
    Gobemouche de la taïga
  • Marathi:
    लाल कंठाची माशीमार
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Ficedula albicilla

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