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Narcissus Flycatcher

Ficedula narcissinaOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Codes: Common Name: NAFL Scientific Name: FICNAR ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178674
Least Concern
 
Narcissus Flycatcher
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Overview

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.

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.

Topo Map: Perching-like Body


Voice Text

"pee-pee-ppeyou-eeto-foyee"

Interesting Facts

 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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Range Map for Narcissus Flycatcher

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Family
Species Ficedula narcissina
Length5.25 Inches
Wingspan8.5 Inches

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.
Narcissus Flycatcher Body Illustration
● 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
Perching-like BodyX
Undertail covertsX
Small feathers that cover the areas where the retrices (tail feathers) attach to the rump.
BellyX
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.
BreastX
The upper front part of a bird.
NapeX
Also called the hindneck or collar, it is the back of the neck where the head joins the body.
RumpX
The area between the uppertail coverts and the back of the bird.
4 and 6 letter alpha codesX

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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ITIS CodesX

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) was established in the mid-1990�s as a cooperative project among several federal agencies to improve and expand upon taxonomic data (known as the NODC Taxonomic Code) maintained by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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Parts of a Standing birdX
Head Feathers and MarkingsX
Parts of a Flying birdX