Green-backed Flycatcher

Scientific Name: Ficedula elisae
Malay Name: Sambar-Kunyit Hijau
Chinese Name: 绿背姬鹟
Alternative Name(s): Chinese Flycatcher

Range:
Breeds in northeastern China and winters to southern China and Southeast Asia.

Taxonomy:
Monotypic.

Size: 13-13.5 cm

Identification:
Male has olive-green upperparts with white wing patch and yellowish loral stripe, eyering, rump and underparts. Female resembles male but has paler yellowish underparts, no yellow rump and the white wing patch is replaced by two faint narrow pale bars on wing-coverts.

Similar looking species: Yellow-rumped Flycatcher, Narcissus Flycatcher

Habitat: Forest, parks, gardens and wooded areas.

Behaviour/Ecology: Prefers to forage at the lower storey in typical flycatcher pattern for insects.

Local Status: Uncommon migrant

Conservation Status: Least Concern (BirdLife International 2016)

Location: Central Catchment Forest, Venus Drive, Lower Pierce, Bidadari, Bishan Park and Tuas South.

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Male Green-backed Flycatcher at Rifle Range Link. Photo credit: Francis Yap

Green-backed Flycatcher at Bidadari. Photo Credit: Francis Yap

Male Green-backed Flycatcher at Rifle Range. Photo Credit: Zahidi Hamid

Male Green-backed Flycatcher at Taman Ampang Rimba, Kuala Lumpur. Photo Credit: Chong Boon Leong aka Wokoti

Green-backed Flycatcher at Dillenia Hut. Photo credit: Francis Yap

Male Green-backed Flycatcher at Rifle Range Link. Photo credit: Francis Yap