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Overview
Gray-streaked Flycatcher: Small flycatcher with gray-brown upperparts and dark streaked white underparts. Tail is short and notched; wings are gray-brown with faint white wing bar. Undertail coverts are white. Face shows white eye-ring and distinct brown malar mark; throat is white. Bill is black.
Range and Habitat
Gray-streaked Flycatcher: This Old World flycatcher makes its rare appearances on the western Aleutian Islands of Alaska. It is also found on Kamchatka Islands and in Siberia. Gray-streaked Flycatcher frequents coniferous and mixed woodlands. For nesting prefers woodland edges in plains and low hills.
Topo Map:
Perching-like Body
Voice Text
"speet-teet-teet"
Interesting Facts
The Gray-streaked Flycatcher is also known as the Spot-breasted or the Gray-spotted Flycatcher.
This species was first described by the English naturalist Robert Swinhoe in 1861.
A group of flycatchers has many collective nouns, including an "outfield", "swatting", "zapper", and "zipper" of flycatchers.
Bird Term Glossary
Author
Gary Owen Dick
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