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Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica

Described by: Pallas (1811)
Alternate common name(s): Brown Flycatcher, Brown-streaked Flycatcher, Chocolate Flycatcher, Williamson's Flycatcher, Gray-breasted Flycatcher, Grey-breasted Flycatcher, Deignan's Flycatcher, Broad-billed Flycatcher
Old scientific name(s): Muscicapa latirostris

Photographs

Malaysia - Oct, 2002 © Harold Stiver  Mai Po Marshes, Hong Kong - Sep, 2006 © Neil Fifer  Huksan Do Island, South Korea - Sep 30, 2006 © Aurélien Audevard  Heuksan Do Island, South Korea - Apr 24, 2008 © Aurélien Audevard  Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore - 2002 © Paul Huang 
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Range

C. and se. Asia and Greater Sundas;
Highly fragmented range;
(1) Ne. Asia in c. Siberia e. to Amurland, and Ussuriland, n. Mongolia, ne. China (Manchuria), n. Korea, Sakhalin Is., s. Kuril Is., and Japan.
Winters in s. China (Yunnan, Guangdong, Hainan Is.), se. Asia to w. Burma, Philippines and Greater Sundas.
(2) Nw. Pakistan, (Murree Hills) e. through the foothills of the Himalayas to e. Nepal, c. and s. India (Vindhya Range, Satpura Range, Western Ghats, and possibly Eastern Ghats).
Winters in peninsular India mostly s. of the Vindhya Range, Sri Lanka, Andaman Is., and Nicobar Is.
(3)(2) Se. Burma, nw. and s. Thailand, ne. Malaya Peninsula.
Winters s. to Singapore, Sumatra, Java, and w. Boneo.
(4)(3) S. Burma (n. Tenasserim), nw. Thailand s. to ne. Peninsular Malaya, and s. Vietnam (s. Annam and Cochinchina).
(5)(4) Ne. Borneo.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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