taiga flycatcher or red-throated flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla)

taiga flycatcher
 or red-throated flycatcher
 (Ficedula albicilla
Suheldev wildlife sanctuary
Balarampur
Uttar Pradesh
Nikon Gears
January 21
This is a migratory bird in the family Muscicapidae. The species was first described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1811. The female has brown upper parts with a blackish tail flanked by white. The breast is buffish with underparts mostly white. The male has ear coverts and sides of the neck blue-tinged grey with breeding males having orange-red coloration on the throats.

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