Mugimaki Flycatcher

The mugimaki flycatcher, also known as the robin flycatcher, is a small passerine of eastern Asia, 13 to 13.5 cm long. The name mugimaki comes from Japanese and means wheat-sower. Notable features include a rattling call and often flicks its wings and tail (Wikipedia, general species account). The species is a small passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the genus Ficedula in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. (Wikipedia, general species account).

The main habitats are forest and woodland, particularly at higher elevations. It is also found in parks and gardens during migration. The name "mugimaki" comes from Japanese and means "wheat-sower". The bird is also called the robin flycatcher. The species is 13 to 13.5 centimetres long. Notable features include a rattling call and often flicks its wings and tail. The adult male has blackish upperparts with a short white supercilium behind the eye, a white wing-patch, white edges to the tertials and white at the base of the outer tail-feathers. (Wikipedia, general species account).