Dark-sided Flycatcher

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers and Chats)

Dark-sided Flycatcher

Muscicapa sibirica

乌鹟 (wū-wēng) / 斑鹟 (bān wēng) / 鲜卑鹟 (xiānbēi wēng)

    Malay : Sambar-Kusam Paruh Kecil

    Japanese : サメビタキ (Same-bitaki)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 鮫鶲

Taxonomy update for 2023
Taxa 28293–28298 : Two groups are now recognized for the Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica,
the northern-breeding Dark-sided Flycatcher (Siberian) Muscicapa sibirica sibirica and the subspecies that breed in the Himalayas and mountains of China, Dark-sided Flycatcher (Himalayan) Muscicapa sibirica [cacabata Group].

    Size : 13–14 cm; 8·5–12 g

    

    Subspecies (4) and Distribution

• Muscicapa sibirica sibirica (Gmelin, JF 1789)
  – SE Siberia to Japan; > to Indochina and Greater Sundas.
• Muscicapa sibirica gulmergi (Baker, ECS 1923)
  – W Himalayas (e Afghanistan to Kashmir and Garhwal).
• Muscicapa sibirica cacabata (Penard, TE 1919)
  – E Himalayas to se Tibet and ne India; > to s Thailand.
• Muscicapa sibirica rothschildi (Baker, ECS 1923)
  – breeds in mountains of western China and northern Myanmar; winters in southern China, Indochina, and the Thai-Malay Peninsula.

Muscicapa sibirica ssp. rohithscldi
Date : 23 November 2014

Location : Hutan Lipur Sungai Sedim, Mukim Karangan, Daerah Kulim, Kedah