Narcissus Flycatcher

Ficedula narcissinaOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Codes: Common Name: NAFL Scientific Name: FICNAR ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178674

Breeding Location:

Forest

Breeding Type:

Monogamous

Breeding Population:

Accidental in North America

Egg Color:

White with red flecks

Number of Eggs:

4 - 7

Incubation Days:

12 - 13

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Lined with finer materials., Leaves and plant fibers.

Migration:

Migratory

General

Narcissus Flycatcher: Small flycatcher with black head, nape, back, and wings, and yellow-orange throat, upper breast, and eye stripe; rump is yellow. Wings have white wing patch on inner secondary coverts; tail is long and black. Belly and undertail coverts are white. Female has gray-brown upperparts, gray-spotted white throat, and white underparts; tail is red-brown and rump is olive-brown. Juvenile resembles male but has gray nape and wings.

Range and Habitat

Narcissus Flycatcher: These birds are native to Eastern Asia where they are a common species. In North America Narcissus Flycatcher accidentially visits western Aleutians. This bird frequents forests and wooded hillsides but can often be seen in thickets near water.

Breeding and Nesting

Narcissus Flycatcher: Four to seven white eggs with red flecks are laid in a tree cavity where nest is built by the female from leaves and plant fibers and lined with finer grasses. Incubation ranges from 12 to 13 days and is carried out by the female. Both sexes feed the young. These birds have one brood per year.

Foraging and Feeding

Narcissus Flycatcher: Feeds mostly on insects. Perches on an open exposed tree branch perch, immobile and erect, until it spots prey; then flies out to catch it in flight and returns to its perch to eat. Forages from the lower to middle branches of trees or in the tops of shrubs.

Vocalization

Narcissus Flycatcher: This bird sings a soft warbling "pee-pee-ppeyou-eeto-foyee" song with repeated three-syllable whistling notes.

Similar Species

Narcissus Flycatcher: These birds are vagrant migrants to Aleutian Islands and Alaska where no other bird is found with similar appearance.

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Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher: Small flycatcher, black head, nape, back, wings, and yellow-orange throat, upper breast, and eye stripe; rump is yellow. Wings have white wing patch on inner secondary coverts; tail is long, black. Belly and undertail coverts are white. Black legs, feet. Weak fluttering flight.

● Song: "pee-pee-ppeyou-eeto-foyee"

● Foraging & Feeding: Narcissus Flycatcher: Feeds mostly on insects. Perches on an open exposed tree branch perch, immobile and erect, until it spots prey; then flies out to catch it in flight and returns to its perch to eat. Forages from the lower to middle branches of trees or in the tops of shrubs.

● Breeding & nesting: Narcissus Flycatcher: Four to seven white eggs with red flecks are laid in a tree cavity where nest is built by the female from leaves and plant fibers and lined with finer grasses. Incubation ranges from 12 to 13 days and is carried out by the female. Both sexes feed the young. These birds have one brood per year.

● Similar species: Narcissus Flycatcher: These birds are vagrant migrants to Aleutian Islands and Alaska where no other bird is found with similar appearance.

Flight Pattern

Weak fluttering direct flight with somewhat shallow wing beats., Leaves perch to snatch insects in air and returns to the same or nearby perch.

● Range & Habitat: Narcissus Flycatcher: These birds are native to Eastern Asia where they are a common species. In North America Narcissus Flycatcher accidentially visits western Aleutians. This bird frequents forests and wooded hillsides but can often be seen in thickets near water.

^BreedingMonogamous

^PopulationAccidental in North America

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight0.5 Ounces

Undertail coverts

Small feathers that cover the areas where the retrices (tail feathers) attach to the rump.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Belly

The ventral part of the bird, or the area between the flanks on each side and the crissum and breast. Flight muscles are located between the belly and the breast.

Breast

The upper front part of a bird.

Nape

Also called the hindneck or collar, it is the back of the neck where the head joins the body.

Rump

The area between the uppertail coverts and the back of the bird.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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