Asian Brown Flycatcher

Asian Brown Flycatcher is an insect-eating flycatcher that breeds in Japan, eastern Siberia and the Himalayas and is migratory, wintering in tropical southern Asia from southern India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia. It is 13 cm long including the cocked tail, similar to the larger spotted flycatcher but longer-tailed, with a relatively large, broad-based dark bill. The specific name refers to Dauria, an area of south-eastern Siberia (Wikipedia, general species account). (Wikipedia, general species account).

The Ripley Guide argue that populations in the Indian subcontinent and the Andaman Islands should be regarded as a separate subspecies, poonensis, from the nominate race which occupies most of the species' range. The species is a common bird found in open woodland and cultivated areas. A bird had also been claimed on Holy Island, Northumberland on 9 September 1956. The adult has grey-brown upperparts and whitish underparts with brown-tinged flanks. (Wikipedia, general species account).